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He said United States President Barack Obama urged him to seek a post in government.
So Rafael ?Jun? Ajoc visited the election office of Cebu Province and filed a certificate of candidacy (COC) for no less than the governorship of Cebu.
?There are many problems that politicians failed to address, like medicines in hospitals,? said Ajoc, explaining his interest to seek public office.
While filing as an independent candidate, Ajoc said he would later join the Democratic Party of the Philippines.
As a relative unknown, he and many others are in danger of being labeled a nuisance candidate.
?Complaints against nuisance candidates should be filed within five days after the last day of filing (of COCs),? said Ray Rene Buac, director of the Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7).
The deadline for the filing of COCs was on Dec. 1.
?The complaints will be forwarded to the main (Comelec) office in Manila,? Buac said. ?We (in the regional office) do not decide, we just gather evidence.?
Buac said nuisance candidates include those who do not have the capacity to organize or conduct a political campaign.
?One of the reasons that the filing of COCs is earlier this time is to give Comelec ample time to check the candidates' qualifications. For example, do they have the capacity or resources to conduct a campaign in the province?? Buac asked.
Construction worker and food vendor Godofredo Berizo would have to work hard to find those resources.
The 58-year-old resident of Talisay City also filed to run for Cebu governor, submitting his COC at 11:25 p.m. on Dec. 1.
Berlizo said he wanted to ?help the poor.? He filed his COC along with running mate Eladia Balicoco and a candidate for one of the 5th district seats of the Provincial Board, Richard Alfajora.
Together, they fly the banner of the Philippine Green Republican Party, which also has its candidate for president, Felix Cabrera Antal, and a candidate for senator, Paul Bolilan.
Berizo said that if he gets elected, he would give subsidies to the people, especially the jobless, depending on their age bracket, ranging from P3,000 a month to one- to five-year-olds, to pensions of P10,000 to those over 65.
Berizo said he knew he faced stiff competition with ?political giants? such as reelectionist Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Hilario Davide III, but he would ?show the people my plans, and it would be up to them to vote for me or not.?
