section_path: Candidates
section_name: Candidates
paragraph_text: Candidates
  
  On January 14, 2025, the Supreme Court ordered the COMELEC to add several aspirants on the ballot after disqualifying them. This includes congressional candidate Edgar Erice in Caloocan's 2nd district, and Charles Savellano in Ilocos Sur's 1st district. The commission announced that they will comply with the court's order, and ordered the reprinting of ballots that did not have the names of the petitioners.
  
  For the first time in Philippine history, the COMELEC second division on May 7, 2025 disqualified a candidate, Ian Sia, who is running to represent Pasig's at-large district for making discriminatory remarks during campaigning. Sia appealed the case, saying his admitted violation of the Safe Spaces Act is not an election offense and should not be grounds for his disqualification. The COMELEC also suspended the proclamation as winners on candidates who have pending disqualification cases, including Marcelino Teodoro, who defeated Senator Koko Pimentel in Marikina.