{"id":58371,"date":"2015-08-07T21:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58371"},"modified":"2025-01-13T23:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T04:53:55","slug":"comelec-plans-to-hold-presidential-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/07\/comelec-plans-to-hold-presidential-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"COMELEC plans to hold presidential debates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commission on Elections (COMELEC) at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Gen. Luna St. cor. Andres Soriano Jr. Ave, Intramuros, Manila (Photo from Wikipedia<\/a>\/Ramon Velasquez<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Desiring for voters to get to know more and examine their presidential bets, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has been considering holding presidential debates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be taking the lead insofar as the presidential debate. That is provided for under the law,\u201d COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista said in a Manila Bulletin report.<\/p>\n

\u201cNakalagay na sa law eh, \u2018yung three debates. It has to be during the campaign period. So baka mga February pa \u2018yun, but we\u2019re coming up with the rules and regulations. We hope to team up with media,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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(It\u2019s already in the law, the three debates. It has to be during the campaign period. So maybe it will be by February, but we\u2019re coming up with the rules and regulations. We hope to team up with the media.)<\/p>\n

Bautista referred to Republic Act No. 9006 or the Fair Elections Act which allowed the Comelec to conduct \u2018at least three (3) national debates among presidential candidates and at least one (1) national debate among vice presidential candidates.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The debates among presidential candidates shall be scheduled on three (3) different calendar days: the first debate shall be scheduled within the first and second week of the campaign period; the second debate within the fifth and six week of the campaign period; and the third debate shall be scheduled within the tenth and eleventh week of the campaign period.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The COMELEC shall promulgate rules and regulations for the holding of such debates\u2019 but it may \u2018may require national television and radio networks to sponsor\u2019 the said debates then \u2018sell airtime for commercials to interested advertisers.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to Bautista, a technical working group (TWG) has already been formed to look into the possibility of a debate. They have also planned partnering with the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP).<\/p>\n

The COMELEC last held a presidential debate in 2002.<\/p>\n

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Mall voting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the COMELEC claimed that they received positive feedback from voters regarding their proposal to set up polling precincts in malls near voting centers for a better voting experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far out of the 400 respondents, 83 percent expressed preference to vote in a mall,\u201d Bautista said in the same report, citing an online survey they recently conducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, the mall will give us access and its unlimited access to that place for so many days.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s part and parcel of the agreement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Another TWG has also been formed to look into the possibility of mall-based voting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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