{"id":72417,"date":"2016-03-15T01:11:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T05:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=72417"},"modified":"2025-01-20T20:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T01:27:22","slug":"comelec-no-elections-scenario-unlikely-postponement-elections-among-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/03\/15\/comelec-no-elections-scenario-unlikely-postponement-elections-among-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec: \u2018No elections\u2019 scenario is unlikely but \u2018postponement of elections\u2019 is among the options"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61530\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/800px-CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61530\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/800px-CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg\" alt=\"Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Gen. Luna St. cor. Andres Soriano Jr. Ave, Intramuros, Manila (Photo by Ramon FVelasquez\/Wikipedia)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/800px-CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/800px-CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Gen. Luna St. cor. Andres Soriano Jr. Ave, Intramuros, Manila (Photo by Ramon FVelasquez\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commission_on_Elections_(Philippines)\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 In the midst of the \u201cdisruption\u201d in their preparations for the May 9 polls brought about by the Supreme Court (SC) decision ordering them to print voter receipts on Election Day, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that \u201cNo-El\u201d (no elections) scenario is unlikely but \u201cPo-El\u201d (postponement of elections) is among the options.<\/p>\n<p>Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista explained that the postponement of the elections is part of their options and the no elections is not among those they are considering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no \u2018No-El\u2019 scenario. Maybe postponement of elections (Po-El),\u201d he said after a meeting with the Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have said it already that all options are open at this point, including the possibility of postponing our elections,\u201d the poll body chief said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy phenergan online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/phenergan.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/phenergan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Bautista noted that in case there will be a \u201cPo-El,\u201d they may only need several weeks to declare the winners and able to assume their posts by June 30 as mandated by law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we will need a few weeks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clindamycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/clindamycin.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/clindamycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> We are well aware that the terms of our current officials will end on June 30. This is why it is important that we can proclaim the winners before June 30 so we can have an orderly transition,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the poll body raised the possibilities of postponing the elections or going back to manual polls.<\/p>\n<p>The two scenarios are being considered since the elections is three months away, as they need to redo their preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Bautista said that either manual elections or delaying the elections will need specific laws before they can be executed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are also times when legal issues should be set aside if we want to have an orderly and credible elections,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the SC ordered the poll body to issue vote receipts to voters, which caught them off-guard thus, disrupting their preparations for the forthcoming elections including possible effects on their timelines, among others.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy finpecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/finpecia.html\">https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/png\/finpecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 In the midst of the \u201cdisruption\u201d in their preparations for the May 9 polls brought about by the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":61530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95,483,9659],"tags":[9640],"class_list":["post-72417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-politics","category-voteph2016","tag-pna","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72417","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=72417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286318,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72417\/revisions\/286318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}