Philippines Elections 2022

Colmenares wants to prevent the Philippines from returning to the dark times of the Marcos dictatorship.

On May 9, 65.7 million Filipinos will go to the polls to choose who will succeed President Rodrigo Duterte.

The past year has reflected the tendencies and eccentricities that marked Rodrigo Duterte's first five years in power.

Duterte quit the senate race and his preferred candidate, Bong Go, quit the presidential race.

Next year's presidential contest is set to produce a dramatic sequel to the “social media election" of 2016.

Human rights groups say Marcos Jr. is not eligible to run for president due to a 1995 tax evasion conviction, which should legally render him ineligible to hold public office.

With Bongbong entering the race, and the Dutertes floating around the edges, the Philippine presidential election is stirring up dark memories.

The May 2022 poll is shaping up as a rematch of the close-run vice presidential race of 2016.

Under Philippine law, the vice president is elected separately from the president.

Can Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte be indicted for "crimes against humanity”? And if so, can he be brought to justice?

Lesson #1: Stinging international rebukes over human rights abuses do not necessarily translate into fewer votes.