Philippines – The type of actual contact during face to face lobbying for the May 2022 surveys is an infringement of the Omnibus Election Code and political race wellbeing conventions, which could prompt the preclusion of an up-and-comer, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) cautioned yesterday. In a 21-page “new ordinary” rule in the lead of face to face crusading, the …

Philippines – The Commission on Elections’ Second Division has conceded official applicant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. an augmentation on a cutoff time to answer an appeal scrutinizing his qualification to run for president, a choice that his mission asserted even while the matter was all the while forthcoming before chiefs. Commission on Elections representative James Jimenez made the exposure Thursday …