Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday rebuked certain personalities who filed cases to stop the poll body from printing ballots, saying the delay would put the May 2022 national election at risk.
“Those who filed cases to stop Comelec from printing ballot numbers of party lists, I hope you realize what [you] have done,” Guanzon, who did not mention a specific name, said in a Twitter post.
“If ballots are not printed by January, May elections is at risk,” she added.
Those who filed cases to stop @COMELEC from printing ballot numbers of party list, I hope you realize what u have done. If ballots are not printed by January, May elections is at risk.
— Rowena Guanzon (@rowena_guanzon) December 23, 2021
The Comelec would have begun the printing of 2022 ballots on January 12 next year.