Only 8 of 99 aspiring presidential candidates are left to run for the May 20, 2010 elections after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) screened and removed “nuisance” candidates from those who filed candidacy papers.

The 8 Presidential bets approved the COMELEC are following:

• Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party)
• Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino)
• Senator Manuel “Manny” Villar (Nacionalista Party)
• Senator Richard Gordon (Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines)
• Senator Jamby Madrigal (Independent)
• Former Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
• Religious Leader Eddie Villanueva (Bangon Pilipinas)
• Olongapo City Councilor John Carlos de los Reyes (Ang Kapatiran Party

The 8 Vice-Presidential bets approved the COMELEC are following:

• Makati City mayor Jejomar Binay (Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino)
• Senator Loren Legarda (Nationalist People’s Coalition)
• Former OMB head Edu Manzano (Lakas-Kampi-CMD)
• Senator Manuel Roxas (Liberal Party)
• Lawyer Dominador Chipeco (Ang Kapatiran Party)
• Former MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando (Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines)
• Former SEC Chairman Perfecto Yasay (Bangon Pilipinas)
• Journalist Jay Sonza, Independent

The Comelec received 99 for president; 20 for vice president, and 158 for senator Certificates of Candidacy (CoC0).  Comelec trimmed it down to only 8 candidates for president, 8 for vice president, and 58 for senator.

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