The Commission on Elections,abbreviated as COMELEC,is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections in the Philippines.
The Commission on Appointments is a constitutional body which confirms or rejects certain political appointments made by the President of the Philippines. The current commission was created by the 1987 Constitution.
A general election was held in the Philippines on May 13,2013. It was a midterm election—the officials elected will be sworn in on June 30,2013,midway through President Benigno Aquino III's term of office.
Pryde Henry Alipit Teves is a Filipino politician who served as governor of Negros Oriental from June to October 2022,when the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) annulled his proclamation due to a recount of the May 2022 election. He was the mayor of Bayawan,Negros Oriental from 2016 to 2022,and was the Representative of Negros Oriental's 3rd district from 2007 to 2016. He is a survivor of the 2007 Batasang Pambansa bombing,although both of his eardrums and legs were severely injured.
Roel Ragay Degamo was a Filipino politician who served as governor of Negros Oriental from 2011 to June 2022,and again from October 2022 until his assassination on March 4,2023. He previously served as the province's vice governor from 2010 to 2011,and was a municipal councilor of Siaton from 1998 to 2007.
A general election in the Philippines took place on May 9,2016,for executive and legislative branches for all levels of government –national,provincial,and local,except for the barangay officials.
The 2019 Philippine general election was conducted on May 13,2019. A midterm election,those elected therein will take office on June 30,2019,midway through the term of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos,president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the run-up to the 2022 general election,the UniTeam Alliance was formed by the PFP,Lakas–CMD,HNP,and PMP,with guest candidates from other parties.
The 2022 Philippine general election took place on May 9,2022,for the executive and legislative branches of government at every level –national,provincial,and local –except for the barangay officials.
Barangay elections in the Philippines is scheduled to be held on October 30,2023. The barangay,commonly translated as "village",is the smallest government authority in the country. The election shall elect the barangay captain or the chief executive of the barangay,and seven of eight members of the Sangguniang Barangay,or barangay council,in 42,027 barangays throughout the country.
Local elections were held in the province of Cebu on May 13,2019,as part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters selected from among candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice governor,governor and representatives for the seven districts of Cebu.
The 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 36th lower house elections in the Philippines. The election of the House of Representatives was held on May 9,2022.
The Maguindanao division plebiscite was held in the province of Maguindanao,Philippines on September 17,2022,more than four months after the May 9 national and local elections,after having been postponed from its planned plebiscite in or before August 2021. As required by Republic Act No. 11550,it was conducted to seek the consent by the residents of Maguindanao on the proposal to divide the province into two separate provinces that will henceforth be named Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.
The 2022 presidential campaign of Bongbong Marcos began on October 6,2021,when he filed his candidacy for the 2022 Philippine presidential election under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Bongbong Marcos,a former senator of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016,is the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos.
Aimee Torrefranca-Neri is a Filipina lawyer. She served as Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections or COMELEC from March 8,2022 until June 2,2022. Prior to being appointed in the COMELEC,she served as the assistant secretary of the Philippine Department of Justice in 2016,as deputy commissioner of the Philippine Bureau of Immigration in 2017,and as undersecretary of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development in 2018.
The Komunidad ng Pamilya Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities,also known as the P3PWD Party List,is a political organization seeking party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
The Social Amelioration and Genuine Intervention on Poverty (SAGIP),also known as the SAGIP Partylist,is a political organization with party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
Ronald Gian Carlo L. Cardema is a Filipino government official who serves as the chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) of the Philippines.
A special election was held in Cavite's 7th congressional district on February 25,2023,to fill the district's vacant seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines for the remainder of the 19th Congress.
The 1993 Bataan gubernatorial recall election was held on December 20,1993 in the province of Bataan,Philippines. Former governor Ding Roman defeated incumbent Tet Garcia in the recall election to become governor of Bataan.
