ASEANEWSPAPER HARD COPIES | 17 Feb. 2022 | 2022 PHILIPPINE ELECTION-HEADLINE: MANILA, Philippines- Comelec may ease campaign health rules

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is open to reviewing its stringent rules for in-person campaigning in light of complaints from candidates and the prospect of further downgrade of pandemic alert levels.

At a hybrid press conference yesterday, Comelec acting chair Commissioner Socorro Inting said the poll body is fully aware of the complaints and emphasized that the guidelines were drafted when the country was still under Alert Level 3.

“When we adopted our rules, the alert level was still at number three from Alert Level 2. Now, there is a possibility that we will be downgraded to Alert Level 1,” Inting said. “So maybe we will review our rules soon for the campaign to be consistent with the alert level.”