The candidates that the PDP-Laban will field in the 2019 national and local elections must pursue the basic objectives of the party – particularly, federalism. And you are a federalism advocate, you believe in federalism, among others,” said PDP-Laban party president Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. The CONA, which also serves as the party’s official endorsement will be used by candidates during the filing of their respective Certificate of Candidacy (COC) next month for the 2019 mid-term polls. “In the rules and regulations of the Comelec, we need to file a list of people to issue CONA. We submitted more than a hundred names since our approach is on a per province basis and highly urbanized cities,” Pimentel said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2018 08:19 UTC