VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What it means to be ‘unopposed’ in the 2022 polls
Unopposed candidates need only at least one vote to win, according to the Comelec.
Unopposed candidates need only at least one vote to win, according to the Comelec.
Several Facebook (FB) accounts, including a page of a lawyer who was a former Malacañang social media consultant, published an alleged exchange between Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. It needs context.
The last of this seven-part series covers former vice president Jejomar Binay, former Ifugao representative Teddy Baguilat, former Eastern Samar governor Lutgardo Barbo, former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista, and former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson Greco Belgica. Binay, if elected, will join his daughter, Nancy Binay, in the Senate.
In this seven-part series, VERA Files Fact Check dug up relevant information about select senatorial hopefuls to help the electorate in making the choice.
Part 5 of the series covers two human rights lawyers – former Bayan Muna representative Neri Colmenares and Chel Diokno – former Makati representative Monsour Del Rosario, former National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar and former Bangsamoro Transition Commission member Samira Gutoc.
The PET unanimously dismissed “the entire electoral protest” of the former senator on Feb. 16, 2021. Less than three months later on May 11, Marcos Jr. filed a motion for reconsideration, asking the tribunal to review his third cause of action in which he sought to annul the results of the 2016 vice presidential race in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, and Basilan.
Sonza’s post misleads. It shows a photo of the rally in Mandaue City, Cebu on April 21, not the rally in Pasay on April 23.
Part 3 of the series covers three stalwart supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte – actor Robin Padilla, former Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo and former Mindanao Development Authority chairperson and former Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol – and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta.
Part 4 of the series covers former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Gringo Honasan, and reelectionists Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian and Richard Gordon.
Joma Sison said he has neither been advising Robredo nor consulting with her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez. The Robredo camp has denied any relation or communication with the CPP or Sison.