Poll body to release final list of 2022 election candidates by early January

Among the pending cases faced by some candidates are for disqualification, cancellation of certificates of candidacy, and declaration as nuisance candidates.

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. Read More