{"id":143743,"date":"2018-01-04T04:26:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T09:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143743"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T22:28:57","slug":"filipinos-right-to-vote-should-be-retained-even-if-a-shift-of-govt-occurs-says-comelec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/04\/filipinos-right-to-vote-should-be-retained-even-if-a-shift-of-govt-occurs-says-comelec\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino\u2019s right to vote should be retained even if a shift of gov\u2019t occurs, says Comelec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid growing speculations of the absence of elections next year due to the administration\u2019s proposal to shift the system of government into a federal parliamentary, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that it should not take away the rights of the Filipinos to vote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy stendra online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/stendra.html\">https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/stendra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Comelec, however, remains confident that such shift\u2014should it happen\u2014can be accomplished without depriving the sovereign Filipino people of their constitutionally guaranteed right to select their own leaders through free and fair elections,\u201d Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said as quoted by News5 Aksyon.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Wednesday that a no-election scenario in 2019 could happen once the government becomes federal.<\/p>\n<p>However, some senators said that it is unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy elavil online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/elavil.html\">https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/elavil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said changing the system of government can happen without altering the schedule of elections next year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy oseltamivir online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/oseltamivir.html\">https:\/\/www.amayadental.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/oseltamivir.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. JV Ejercito said in a statement that it might be difficult to make people accept that there will be no elections.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto said that it will be very difficult to revise the Constitution in just a few months before the midterm polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 01\/ 04 \/ 18)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid growing speculations of the absence of elections next year due to the administration\u2019s proposal to shift the system of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":114184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","mauthors-ro-angelica-equio","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283742,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143743\/revisions\/283742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}