The National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) started on Tuesday, November 9 the posting of what will eventually become a series of TikTok videos on Vote Counting Machines (VCMs) which will be used in the May 2022 elections. (Screenshot from Namfrel's Tiktok video posted on its...
A petition-in-intervention has been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday seeking to supplement an earlier petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls. Photo courtesy Atty. Howard Calleja The...
Verbal tussles continue to rage on around various social media platforms with the May 2022 elections nearing and one of the many topics or issues being raised online is why is it that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not doing anything about premature campaigning? Posters, tarpaulins,...
Kontra Daya Poll watchdogs said the public should be vigilant during the selection of four officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2022. Both Kontra Daya and the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) expressed their support for the proposal of public's participation of vetting...
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo told the Commission on Elections (Comelec) not to be offended by the doubts over the poll body's partnership with F2 Logistics for the May 2022 elections, saying it must ensure that safeguards are implemented. Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman, Barry...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already made its move to trim down and filter the aspirants for the national position in the coming May 2022 elections. From the total of 569 aspirants, Comelec Education and Information Department Director Elaiza Sabile-David said in a webinar on Thursday,...
The decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. may be known next month. Comelec/MB "Well its probably going to be something around December because right now we are already...
Just a day after Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez flagged a “misleading” press release from the camp of former senator and presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., he said on Thursday, Nov. 4 that "misleading" articles are sometimes part of...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has procured three passenger buses for its employees. Comelec/MB Photos of the turnover of the buses were shared by the poll body on Facebook Thursday, Nov. 4. The Comelec said the three units of passenger buses were formally turned over to them at their main...
Kontra Daya has given their take on the unending issue of vote buying that has been going around for weeks and said that while it is wrong to encourage voters to take the money, they should not be judged should they choose to accept it. In an interview on ANC, the poll watchdog convenor Danilo Arao...
The Akbayan Partylist has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to nullify the certificate of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in the May 2022 polls due to his 1995 tax evasion conviction. Photo from Akbayan Partylist FB In a statement, Akbayan said a...
Kontra Daya is set to release their policy research on the country's party-list system for the May 2022 elections where they will identify party-list groups that are controlled either by political dynasties, big business groups and those that are engaged in "dubious" advocacies. In an interview on...
