Election & Political Law
Election work is deadline-driven and unforgiving: the certificate of candidacy, the campaign-finance report, the disqualification petition, and the protest each have their own ground, forum, and period, and missing one ends the matter. We advise candidates, political parties, campaign organizations, and donors on candidacy and eligibility questions, campaign finance and contribution limits, election offenses, and the petitions and protests that decide outcomes after the votes are counted — including the special rules that govern Bangsamoro parliamentary elections. Where a case has both an election and an administrative or criminal face, we run them together rather than in sequence.
What we handle
- Certificate of candidacy, eligibility, and residency questions
- COMELEC petitions: disqualification and nuisance candidates
- Campaign finance, contribution limits, and COMELEC reporting
- Election protests, contests, and recount proceedings
- Election offenses and administrative liability
- Party, coalition, and campaign-organization compliance
Insights on election & political law
A nuisance candidate petition in the Philippines asks COMELEC to strike a name off the ballot. Learn who may file, when, and how the ruling works.
Learn how the automated election system in the Philippines works under RA 9369, including source code review, testing, transmission and vote counting rules.
Certificate of candidacy requirements in the Philippines: who must file, when to file, what happens upon filing, and how COMELEC rules on disqualification.
Campaign finance report Philippines: learn who must file, what records to keep, and the BIR registration rules for candidates, parties, and party-list groups.
Party-list accreditation in the Philippines requires registering with COMELEC under Republic Act No. 7941. Here is how groups qualify, file, and keep their registration.
The first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections were reset to September 2026 by RA 12317, which repealed RA 12123 and amended the schedule set by RA 11593.