MANILA-- President Rodrigo Duterte is "not interested" in extending his term of office, Malacañang said Monday after a proposal to suspend the 2022 elections due to virus fears drew criticism from bot
MANILA-- President Rodrigo Duterte is "not interested" in extending his term of office, Malacañang said Monday after a proposal to suspend the 2022 elections due to virus fears drew criticism from both allies and critics of the chief executive.
"The President is not interested in extending his term. And he leaves it to the Filipino people, the sovereign people, to decide if they want to amend the Constitution to postpone the elections," Roque said during a Palace press briefing. Under the 1987 Philippine charter, the presidential and vice presidential elections should be held every second Monday of May, every six years after May 1992.
"On the part of Comelec, wala sa plano namin yung postponement," Abas said in a virtual press briefing.
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