Comelec eyes release of final poll bets’ list by early January
AN official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said they are expecting to release the final list of candidates for the May 2022 polls early next month.
“We expected them to finish (on) the first week of January. Hopefully, all the decisions have been released. We have until January 7 to finish everything so that we won’t be late in printing. The January 7 is an estimate when all of these things will be done,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a virtual press briefing.
Among the pending cases faced by some candidates are for disqualification, cancellation of certificates of candidacy, and declaration as nuisance candidates.
Jimenez also said they expect to start printing the official ballot by January 15.
Meanwhile, he said they will be using fictitious names of candidates in the mock polls which will be simultaneously in several areas in the country including Metro Manila on December 29.
“In the mock elections we will use fictitious names. As you can see…we will not be using the tentative list (of candidates) for anything even resembling a mock election. That would not be a good idea,” he added.
