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With the dates of the inaugurations of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio already penciled, the time for these third-generation politicians to take the lead in a hopefully post-pandemic Philippines is almost at hand.

Only the Supreme Court (SC) can stop Congress in its duty to canvass the votes cast for the presidential and vice presidential race during the May 9 elections.

The camp of presidential candidate and survey frontrunner Bongbong Marcos has officially declined the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) invite for its presidential panel interview.

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos said the upcoming May 9 polls will be about securing a good future for Filipinos, and not about settling his old score with his rival, Vice President Leni Robredo.

If “UniTeam” member Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is to be believed, then her and former senator Bongbong Marcos’s absence in their respective pre-election debates this past weekend was just a coincidence.

Presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Feb. 15 urged neutral and non-partisan groups to organize face-to-face debates among presidential aspirants ahead of the May 9 elections.

Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has advised opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo to drop one of her most famous and identifiable catchwords in order to sound “more presidential”.

President Duterte’s upcoming revelations about the 2022 presidential aspirants will be backed by “vetted intelligence reports” to which only the Chief Executive would have access.

Noting that “it’s his job to tell the truth,” President Duterte said during his latest “Talk to the People” that he would soon reveal some dirt on the presidential aspirants in the upcoming May polls.

TACLOBAN CITY – The Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Eastern Samar unanimously passed a resolution withdrawing its support for all presidential and senatorial candidates who are against the inclusion of its funds in next year’s national budget.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says he holds no hard feelings toward Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for choosing not to run for the presidency in the May 2022 elections.

Running as an independent candidate in her Palace bid is Vice President Leni Robredo’s way of saying that she is willing to forge alliances with different political groups ahead of the May 2022 polls.

As expected, Malacañang did not make a fuss over Vice President Leni Robredo’s big announcement Thursday, Oct. 7 that she would vie for the presidency in the May 2022 polls.

Vice President Leni Robredo is still holding out hope that she could have a simultaneous meeting with fellow administration critics Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and Senator Manny Pacquiao before Oct. 8.

President Duterte has advised Palace hopefuls in the upcoming May 2022 national elections to “face the Lord first” before deciding to run.

Ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) will surely have a standard-bearer for the May 2022 elections come Sept. 8, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.