{"id":166396,"date":"2018-06-06T05:46:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T09:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166396"},"modified":"2025-01-19T03:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T08:02:19","slug":"comelec-no-postponement-of-midterm-polls-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/06\/comelec-no-postponement-of-midterm-polls-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec: No postponement of midterm polls yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/james-jimenez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47608\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/james-jimenez.jpg\" alt=\"Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez noted that they have not received proposal to reschedule the forthcoming national elections.(COMELEC Philippines on Facebook)\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/james-jimenez.jpg 600w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/james-jimenez-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez noted that they have not received proposal to reschedule the forthcoming national elections. (Photo:COMELEC Philippines\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday shrugged off reports on the plan to postpone the May 2019 midterm polls.<\/p>\n<p>Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez noted that they have not received proposal to reschedule the forthcoming national elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo motion or proposal to postpone the 2019 National and Local Elections has been laid before the Commission on Elections,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere appears to be no reason, therefore, to entertain such a notion at this time,\u201d the poll body official added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tirzepatide online <a href=\"https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tirzepatide.html\">https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tirzepatide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>With this, Jimenez said that they continue to prepare for next year\u2019s electoral exercises.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tizanidine online <a href=\"https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tizanidine.html\">https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/tizanidine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason to believe that the 2019 polls will be postponed, and every reason to move ahead with the preparations. Bear in mind that we are less than a year away from a national and local elections,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), meanwhile, expressed opposition on the plan to delay the May 2019 polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are against it,\u201d said Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia in a separate interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegularity of elections is a cornerstone in any democracy and proper representation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/ozgurmd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Regular elections is also a safeguard against local and national tyrants,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Nachura said there is a possibility that several members of Congress may call for the postponement of next year&#8217;s midterm elections to make way for a plebiscite to pass the new federal constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday shrugged off reports on the plan to postpone the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":47608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[20303,17063],"class_list":["post-166396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-commission-on-elections-comelec","tag-james-jimenez","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166396","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=166396"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285665,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166396\/revisions\/285665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}