EC to hold provincial CEO elections in February, with 29 exceptions
Candidate registrations are to be accepted from December 23 to 27; 29 PAOs are excluded due to different election schedules prompted by resignations or court rulings
The Election Commission (EC) announced on Tuesday that it will hold CEO elections for most provincial administrative organisations (PAOs) on February 1, 2025.
This is because most PAO CEOs’ tenures will end on December 19 this year after they were elected on December 20, 2020.
The EC said it will start accepting candidate registrations from December 23 to 27. The commission added that 29 PAOs will be excluded from the nationwide elections on February 1 because their elections have already been held or will be held before that date.
Of the 29 PAOs, 27 saw their CEO resign before completing their tenure, so the EC has to hold separate elections. Meanwhile, for the remaining two, their elections had been cancelled by an appeals court.
So far, the EC has held elections for 18 of these PAOs and has endorsed the results for 16 of them. The EC will gradually organise CEO elections for the 11 remaining PAOs soon.
