(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials told senators Thursday that precautions over health protocols had prompted the poll body's earlier decision to disallow the observation of printing of ballots for the May polls. The closed-door executive session at an Intramuros restaurant was converted into a public hearing with Sen. Ma. Imelda Josefa Remedios "Imee" Marcos presiding over the second hearing of the Committee on Electoral Reforms and People's Participation. Marcos is the sibling of presidential frontrunner candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. During the hearing, Comelec Commissioner Marlon S. Casquejo said the initial decision to disallow observers had been due to the pandemic but said the poll body has since considered and will now allow observation and inspection of the ballot printing process. "We apologize for that. That was the time when Covid (cases) were very high and it happened that the printing process
ONLY one case against presidential candidate Ferdinand ``Bongbong" R. Marcos, Jr. remains pending with the Commission on Elections, after the First Division unanimously voted to junk the consolidated case against the former senator on Thursday. "The consolidated petitions of Ilagan v. Marcos Jr., Akbayan v. Marcos Jr, and Mangelen v. Marcos…
THE looming change in the membership of the Commission on Elections’ First Division is threatening to further delay the resolution of its pending consolidated disqualification case against presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Comelec Commissioner Rowena V. Guanzon said her retirement on Wednesday (February 2) and the transfer of the…
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday warned the public against fake social-media accounts, which make use of the identity of the poll body’s commissioners. The poll body said it got reports of the recent “proliferation” of the bogus accounts in Twitter and Facebook amid its preparations for the 2022…
Comelec mulls adjusting 2022 election campaign rules due to COVID-19
May 14, 2021 | 7:51 pm
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is considering modifying its rules and processes for the 2022 national and local elections due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These include the possibility of virtual debates among presidential candidates, safety protocols, and changes in absentee voting.
In its first media briefing on the 2022 national and local elections on Friday, the poll body said that they expect that the pandemic will still be raging as they prepare for next year’s polls and during the election period itself. The first regular elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will also be held next year.