The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the P15.3-million demand payment made by Impact Hub Manila, its official partner for the botched Eleksyon 2022 presidential and vice-presidential debates, due to lack of "documentary requirements necessary to establish the validity of claim."
For succeeding elections, the Comelec is insistent it will no longer mount debates with a production company, and instead just let media companies take the lead, similar to what happened in 2016