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Comelec misses target release of official Halalan 2022 candidates list

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Commission on Elections headquarters in Intramuros, Manila. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/11/17/20211111-comelec-building-jc-013613450.jpg"/><figcaption>The Commission on Elections headquarters in Intramuros, Manila. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA— The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not release on Wednesday, Dec. 15, the list of official Halalan 2022 candidates, citing &quot;a number of unresolved nuisance cases.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/10/21/comelec-may-declare-205-aspirants-as-nuisance-candidates">Comelec may declare 205 aspirants as &#x27;nuisance candidates&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The list of official candidates will not be released [December 15]... We expect that the process of finalizing the list of candidates will take at least two more weeks,&quot; Comelec spokesman James Jimenez told reporters. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/14/21/resolution-of-cases-vs-presidential-bets-eyed-by-dec-15">Comelec eyes resolution of cases vs presidential bets by December 15</a></li></ul><p>Two days ago, Jimenez said Comelec was also &quot;pretty confident&quot; it will be able to release the final list of candidates &quot;hopefully on the 15th, but give or take a few days.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/13/21/comelec-looks-to-resolve-cases-by-december-15">Comelec working to resolve cases vs presidential aspirants by December 15</a></li></ul><p>While the Dec. 15 target was not &quot;official&quot; or promulgated in any resolution, several poll body officials, including commissioner Marlon Casquejo repeatedly cited the date in several pronouncements. </p><p>The Comelec earlier said it has moved to purge &quot;almost three-fourths&quot; of nearly 600 people who filed certificates of candidacy for president, vice president, senator, and party-list representative for the 2022 polls.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/04/21/75-pct-of-natl-post-aspirants-may-be-declared-nuisance">Comelec moves to declare as nuisance almost 75 pct of aspirants for national posts</a></li></ul><p>The Comelec will have to finalize the official list of candidates before January 12, the start of the printing of 2022 ballots. </p><p>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DDAEv6PRm8k?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not release on Dec. 15 the list of official Halalan 2022 candidates, citing 'a number of unresolved nuisance cases.'

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Comelec misses target release of official Halalan 2022 candidates list

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 14, 2021 06:17 PM PHT

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