COMELEC will regulate and monitor electoral campaigns and spending in social media ahead of the 2022 elections. COMELEC — The Commission on Elections will regulate and monitor electoral campaigns and spending in social media ahead of the 2022 elections. The COMELEC has engaged Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to monitor and regulate the electoral campaigns … Read more
COMELEC was set to work with e-wallet operators against online vote-buying. COMELEC — The Commission on Elections was set to work with electronic wallet operators in order to help the poll body track vote-buying online for the 2022 elections. COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez bared on “The Mangahas Interviews” that vote-buying was prevalent online via e-wallets … Read more
Congress should propose restrictions on candidate substitution rule, according to a COMELEC spokesperson. COMELEC — A spokesperson from the Commission on Elections said that Congress should propose restrictions on candidate substitution rule instead of removing it. COMELEC Spokesperson James Jimenez encouraged Congress to propose restrictions instead of removing the candidate substitution rule from the Omnibus … Read more
Malacañang on candidate substitution: “Premature po para sabihing inaabuso” On Thursday, Malacañang said that it’s “premature” to say that the provision on candidate substitution in the Omnibus Election Code was being “abused”. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque noted in an interview on Unang Balita that none among those who filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for … Read more
Isko Moreno was hoping that candidate substitution will not be allowed in future polls. Presidential aspirant Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso was hoping that candidate substitution in the Philippines will not be allowed in future elections. Some political aspirants and parties in the Philippines have acknowledged fielding or being a “placeholder” to someone else ahead of … Read more
Sen. Bato dela Rosa Speaks on Filing Candidacy for President BATO DELA ROSA – The Senator revealed that he was told to file his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) two (2) hours before the deadline. October 8, 2021 was set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as the deadline of the filing of candidacy for those … Read more
COMELEC on “special treatment” to Cusi-led PDP-Laban during the COC filing. COMELEC – The Commission on Elections pushed back on criticisms that the poll body gave preferential treatment to Cusi-led PDP-Laban when its senatorial aspirants filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) last October 8. On Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go … Read more
Nancy Binay to Comelec: “Do you really have to give special preference to the PDP-Cusi Wing?” NANCY BINAY – The incumbent senator lambasted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for special treatment to PDP-Laban. The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan or PDP–Laban is a center-left to left-wing political party founded in 1982. It has been the … Read more
Harry Roque was set to continue serving as a Presidential spokesperson. HARRY ROQUE — The Presidential spokesperson was set to continue serving as President Rodrigo Duterte’s mouthpiece after backing out of his senatorial bid in 2022. Roque reiterated in a text message to reporters Friday evening that he will only run for senator in the … Read more
The substitution option for candidates cannot be removed, according to COMELEC. COMELEC — A Commission on Elections official maintained that the substitution option for candidates can’t be removed and that there’s nothing wrong with it. On Friday, COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon told CNN Philippines’ The Final Word that the substitution option for candidates was “already … Read more