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Bongbong Marcos no-show again in 2nd Comelec debate

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Nine out of 10 Presidential candidates share the stage during #PilipinasDebates2022: The Turning Point- The 2nd Presidential Debate at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on April 3, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/04/03/04032022-ph-election-comelec-debate.jpg"/><figcaption>Nine out of 10 Presidential candidates share the stage during #PilipinasDebates2022: The Turning Point- The 2nd Presidential Debate at the Sofitel Tent in Pasay City on April 3, 2022. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE) — Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, the frontrunner in the pre-election surveys, again snubbed the Commission on Elections&#x27; (Comelec) presidential debate on Sunday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/03/22/halalan-2022-comelec-all-set-for-2nd-presl-debate">Comelec all set for second presidential debate later Sunday</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/22/comelecs-new-debate-format-3-groups-4-segments-longer-time-limit">Comelec unveils new debate format: 3 groups, 4 segments, longer time limit</a></li></ul>&quot;Nakakalungkot… Dapat nandito siya para &#x27;yung plataporma niya marinig ng tao,&quot; presidential candidate Leody de Guzman told reporters upon his arrival at Sofitel, the debate venue. Marcos also skipped the first Comelec-sponsored debate last March 19, where some of his rivals raised issues against him and his family. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/19/22/rivals-agree-govt-must-go-after-marcos-taxes">Presidential rivals agree: Gov&#x27;t must go after Marcos estate taxes</a></li></ul>Instead of attending the debate, Marcos Jr. stayed in his campaign headquarters in Mandaluyong. His communications staff sent photos that Bongbong met with ten governors for a &quot;consultation&quot; while the debate was ongoing in Pasay City.Among the governors Marcos Jr. met are the following:<ul>	<li>Quirino - Dax Cua</li>	<li>Lanao del Norte - Imelda Dimaporo</li>	<li>La Union - Pacoy Ortega</li>	<li>Cotabato - Nancy Catamco</li>	<li>Capiz - Nonoy Contreras</li>	<li>Southern Leyte - Damian Mercado</li>	<li>Kalinga - Ferdinand Tubban</li>	<li>Abra - Joy Bernos</li>	<li>Ifugao - Jerry Dalipog</li>	<li>Camiguin - Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Romualdo</li></ul>Marcos Jr.&#x27;s communication staff also claimed they were not monitoring the debate.Comelec is holding a series of debates dubbed &quot;PiliPinas 2022: Turning Point&quot; for presidential and vice presidential candidates.Marcos&#x27; continued absence in several debates has prompted his opponents to seek heavier sanctions for debate skippers.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/21/22/comelec-to-tackle-possible-addl-sanctions-on-candidates-who-skip-debates">Comelec to discuss possible add&#x27;l sanctions on 2022 bets who skip debates</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/22/marcos-heir-wins-ph-election-misinformation-race">Marcos heir wins Philippine election misinformation race</a></li></ul>The camp of Marcos said he will not participate in debates that only intend to pit candidates against each other, claiming that the public is supposedly tired of &quot;political mudslinging&quot;.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/05/22/analyst-laments-marcos-absent-strategy-in-presidential-interviews">&#x27;Using Erap&#x27;s playbook&#x27;: Analyst laments Marcos&#x27; &#x27;absent strategy&#x27; in presidential interviews</a></li></ul><div>- with a report from Jacque Manabat</div>

(UPDATE) Former senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. also skipped the first Comelec-sponsored presidential debate last March 19.

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Bongbong Marcos no-show again in 2nd Comelec debate

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published April 03, 2022 08:04 PM PHT

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Updated April 03, 2022 10:41 PM PHT

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