' Comelec resets prexy debates due to its unsettled venue fee ' The final presidential and vice presidential town hall debates of the Commission on Elections were postponed after its organizer allegedly failed to settle its P14-million debt--- Read more👇
Comelec Commissioner George Garcia explains why the next presidential debate organized by the poll body is delayed by a week in a briefing Friday. Beside him is fellow Commissioner Aimee Ferolino.Commissioner George Garcia said a representative of Sofitel has asked the help of the poll body to collect payment from event organizer Impact Hub Manila, which was tapped to mount the “PiliPinas Debates 2022: The Turning Point.
In an ABS-CBN report last night, several Comelec officials are being asked to explain their participation in the allegedly “grossly disadvantageous” partnership with Impact Hub Manila, a start-up contracted to mount this year’s series of election debates that eventually faltered.
Garcia said the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas will be the poll body’s partner in the rescheduled debates.“They just have a request, and KBP wants all the presidential and vice presidential candidates to be there and are all present. Because of course, they will spend, and of course, they will give such efforts,” Garcia added.
“We apologize to our candidates. We are doing an investigation to get to the bottom of this issue,” Bulay said. “If the other candidate will attend for the first time, I may be forced to attend the town hall debates. If Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will definitely attend, I will attend,” he said.
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