2022 Philippine presidential election

The Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections of 2022 is scheduled to be held on Monday, May 9, 2022, as part of that year's general elections. This will be the 17th presidential election in the Philippines since 1935 and the seventh sextennial presidential election since 1986.

2022 Philippine presidential election
May 9, 2022 (2022-05-09)
Incumbent President

Rodrigo Duterte
PDP–Laban
Philippines
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Incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte is ineligible for re-election, pursuant to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. The position of president and vice president are elected separately, thus the two winning candidates could come from different political parties.

COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has proposed voting by mail as an option in the elections, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Electoral system
Main article: Philippine presidential election

According to the Constitution of the Philippines of 1987, the election is held every six years after 1992, on the second Monday of May. The incumbent president is term limited. The incumbent vice president may run for two consecutive terms. The plurality voting system is used to determine the winner: the candidate with the highest number of votes, whether or not one has a majority, wins the presidency. The vice presidential election is a separate election, is held on the same rules, and voters may split their ticket. Both winners will serve six-year terms commencing on the noon of June 30, 2022 and ending on the same day six years later.[2]

Background
See also: 2016 Philippine presidential election and 2019 Philippine Senate election
The 2022 election will decide the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) won against erstwhile Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas of the Liberal Party and four others in the 2016 presidential election. In the vice presidential election, Roxas's running mate Representative from Camarines Sur Leni Robredo won against Senator Bongbong Marcos and five others, in the closest margin since 1965.[3] Marcos put the result under protest in the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, and is still under litigation.[4]

Duterte offered Robredo to head the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, which the latter accepted.[5] Robredo headed this agency until she resigned in December 2016 when she was asked to cease and desist from attending cabinet meetings.[6] By this time, Robredo emerged as a critic of the administration's bloody war on drugs, leading to some of the administration's supporters to try to impeach her, moves that Duterte himself publicly stopped [7]

The Liberal Party became the largest opposition party and formed the core of the Otso Diretso,[8] which contested the 2019 midterm Senate election against administration-backed Hugpong ng Pagbabago coalition, a slate assembled by Davao City Mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte.[9] Hugpong won 9 of the 12 seats contested, while Otso Diretso won no seats.[10] After the election, Robredo accepted Duterte's offer on heading the office that oversees the war on drugs.[11] A few weeks later, Duterte dismissed Robredo from this position, with the presidential spokesperson saying that it's a response to her "taunt and dare... for the President to just tell her that he wants her out".[12]

Candidates

Potential candidates

Various candidates have directly and indirectly hinted on the possibility of running for president or vice president in the 2022 presidential elections. In other cases, sources have hinted on the possibility of certain candidates to run for president or vice president in 2022. Among these personalities include:

Declined candidacies

These are the people who have personally ruled out the idea of running for either president or vice president. Among these personalities include:

  • Bong Go (PDP-Laban), incumbent senator[36][37]
  • Imee Marcos (Nacionalista), incumbent senator[38]
  • Grace Poe (Independent), incumbent senator – In July 2015, Serge Osmeña stated that Poe's 2022 presidential bid will be a "sure win".[39] However, Poe herself said in February 2019 that she would not run in 2022.[40][41]
  • Antonio Trillanes (Magdalo), former Senator – Trillanes supported Robredo for President in September 2019[42] and again later in February 2020. He also said that time that the highest position he would run for would be Senator.[43]

References
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  2. Hartmann, Christoff; Hassall, Graham; Santos, Soliman M. Jr. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (eds.). Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook, Volume II. Oxford University Press. p. 187. ISBN 0199249598.
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  26. "Isko for 2022? Too early, says NUP". ABS-CBN News. August 7, 2019.
  27. "Boxing great Manny Pacquiao's senate victory brings him closer to presidency". ESPN5. May 19, 2016.
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  39. Ager, Maila (July 15, 2019). "Poe sure presidential winner in 2022 – Osmeña". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  40. "Senator Grace Poe says she has no plans to run again for president in 2022". Coconuts. Coconuts Manila. February 18, 2019.
  41. Aiger, Maila (February 18, 2019). "Take 2 in 2022? Poe says, 'I was given a chance already'". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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