Seventy-seven national positions will be up for grabs in the 2022 Philippine elections. These include 1 president, 1 vice president, 12 senators, and 63 party-list representatives.
Aspirants for these posts will make their bids official when they file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) from October 1 to 8, 2021.
The Commission on Elections has moved the venue for the COC filing from the Comelec central office in Intramuros, Manila, to the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City, to be able to enforce physical distancing during the weeklong event.
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Duterte arrives during the last few hours of COC filing
Duterte poses with allies including Mocha Uson, Senator Bong Go, Chief Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, DICT Secretary Gringo Honasan, to name a few. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide
‘Ded Pul’: A certain Julian Navarra files his candidacy for senator
LOOK: A certain Julian Navarra files his candidacy for senator, under the nickname "Ded Pul", in the 2022 elections at Sofitel in Pasay City on Friday, October 8. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide
Former Ifugao congressman Teddy Baguilat files his candidacy for senator in the 2022 elections on Friday, October 8. He's running under the Liberal Party. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide
JUST IN. DICT Secretary Gringo Honasan seeks a Senate comeback as he files his certificate of candidacy on Friday, October 8. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide
House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta files his candidacy for senator in the 2022 elections on Friday, October 8. Marcoleta is running under PDP-Laban. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide
ABS-CBN shutdown and ivermectin advocate Rodante Marcoleta now here in Sofitel. He is expected to file his COC for senator. #COCfiling#PHVote#WeDecide | via @newsdwight
LOOK: Security ramps up at Sofitel amid rumors of Duterte’s arrival
K9 dogs now inspecting the area. Security forces also ramped up outside the tent. Rumor is President Duterte will again visit the area. pic.twitter.com/qp6TLb0ndU
Duterte allies arrive simultaneously here at Sofitel tent — Salvador Panelo, Mocha Uson, Greco Belgica, to name a few. It will be a very busy last few hours of COC filing.
Actress Karla Estrada nominated by party-list group
Actress and TV host Karla Estrada is the third nominee of TINGOG Party-list which filed its Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance and Certificates of Candidacy for the 2022 elections on Friday, October 8.
Estrada is one of the hosts of ABS-CBN morning talk show, Magandang Buhay.
TINGOG’s incumbent representative, Yedda Romualdez, had voted against granting a new franchise media giant ABS-CBN.
