The Commission on Elections en banc has unanimously denied the petition to reopen the filing of certificates of candidacy for Eleksyon 2022 filed by the PDP-Laban faction of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has deferred the decision on the petition filed by the PDP-Laban faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi which seeks to reopen the filing of the certificates of candidacy (COCs) and postpone the printing of the official ballots.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is “likely” to tackle the petition filed by a PDP-Laban faction seeking to reopen the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) during its en banc session on Wednesday, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said Tuesday.
The camp of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Monday rejected insinuations that the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) headed by President Duterte is intending to delay or pursue a “no election” scenario on the day of the May 2022 elections. In a statement, the PDP-Laban faction
TALK TO THE PEOPLE. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds weekly talk to the people in this undated photo to give the public updates on the government's Covid-19 response. Though his administration spent a lot of time and resources battling the pandemic, Duterte was no let-up in his campaign against corruption and illegal drugs. (Presidential photo) MANILA - During his last full year at Malacanan Palace, President Rodrigo R. Duterte may have prioritized the country's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response, but did not let up in his administration's fight against corruption and illegal drugs as well as effort to defend the country's sovereignty and territory. Duterte himself said in a December 2 speech that he takes pride in having delivered "almost all" of his campaign promises despite some shortcomings. In the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, Duterte renewed his call for vaccines to be treated as "a global public good" and called o