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All systems go! The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all set and ready to receive poll candidates who will be filing their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) starting tomorrow, Friday, November 20 until midnight of December 1, 2009.

Yes, the preparations for the May 10, 2010 elections get into high gear as the Comelec awaits the CoCs for 17,888 elective positions and manifestation of intent to participate in the party-list system of representation.

The Law Department where the CoCs for the position of President, Vice President and Senators are to be filed, is open daily from November 20 to 30, at 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., this include Saturdays, Sunday s and holidays. On the last day of filing, December 1, the office will be open until midnight to accommodate all filers.

Comelec Chairman Jose A.R. Melo said, for members of the House of Representatives in the National Capital Region (NCR), CoCs are to be filed with NCR Regional Director Michael D. Dioneda. Members of the House of Representatives of legislative districts in provinces and for provincial officials, they should be filed with their respective Provincial Election Supervisors.

The CoCs should be in the prescribed, said the Comelec – in five legible copies and filed by the candidates personally or by their dully authorized representatives. CoCs not filed with the correct offices will not be accepted, said the commission.

For the manifestation of intent to participate in the party-list poll, the Comelec chairman said it should be filed with the Clerk of the Commission in 12 legible copies.

Their offices are ready, and their people are already prepared, according to Comelec officials. Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said their people have long been instructed to prepare for this day.