99 bets running for President
Record number of candidates set – Comelec
By LESLIE ANN G. AQUINO and E. T. SUAREZ
December 3, 2009, 12:15pm
A record number of would-be candidates filed their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) to run for various national elective positions in the May, 2010, polls, a Commission on Elections spokesman said Wednesday.
Comelec spokesman Director James Jimenez said 99 people filed CoCs for president, 20 for vice president, and 158 for senator.
“It’s record breaker,” he said of the number of would-be candidates who filed CoCs for national elective offices.