Comelec: Absence from debates to ‘speak for itself’ | Inquirer

Comelec: Absence from debates to ‘speak for itself’

/ 05:10 AM January 27, 2022

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) plans to hold a “primary” debate for presidential candidates in January next year, the poll body’s spokesperson James Jimenez said Thursday.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez. file photo

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) cannot force candidates to attend its three presidential and vice presidential debates, but the poll body believes “the empty chair speaks for itself.”

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez on Wednesday said Comelec will conduct a total of six monthly debates in February, March and April in still unannounced venues in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. There will be no live audience, but television networks can air it simultaneously. —DONA Z. PAZZIBUGAN

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