MAY 9, 2022
2022 Philippine
Presidential
Election
By: Rhaile M. Laroza
The Upcoming
Election
The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice-presidential
elections are scheduled to be held on Monday, May 9, 2022,
as part of that year's general election. This will be the 17th
direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential
election in the Philippines since 1935, and the seventh
sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since
1986. Incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte is ineligible for
re-election as he is limited to a single term, under the 1987
Philippine Constitution. The position of president and vice
president are elected separately; the two winning
candidates could thus come from different political vThe
2022 Philippine presidential race is getting crowded. Of the
dozens of candidates who have filed their paperwork, there
are five front-runners: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.,
Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, Francisco “Isko Moreno”
Domgaoso, Christopher “Bong” Go, and Maria Leonor “Leni”
Robredo. Meanwhile, the Philippines is struggling to emerge
from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With only about one third of the population fully vaccinated, a
presidential campaign’s ability to effectively utilize social media and
dominate digital spaces will be instrumental in shaping national
opinion. Government lockdowns also make it difficult to hold
traditional, in-person campaign events. Candidates, therefore, will
rely even more on social media to reach out to voters than in
previous elections. The first election to the Bangsamoro Parliament
was scheduled to be held on the same date, but was rescheduled to
2025. For this election, all members of the Commission on Elections
were appointed by outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. Chairman
Sheriff Abas and commissioners Antonio Kho and Rowena Guanzon
will serve until February 2, 2022, or just over three months before
the election. Guanzon is the sole remaining commissioner appointed
by former president Benigno Aquino III (Abas was appointed by
Aquino as commissioner, then was appointed by Duterte as
chairman). This will also be the first election in Davao de Oro under
that name, as it was renamed from "Compostela Valley" in December
2019 after a successful plebiscite.