Comelec asks Palace to declare May 12 polls a holiday for Eleksyon 2025

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday called on Malacañang to declare May 12 a holiday to allow registered Filipino voters to cast their ballots in Eleksyon 2025.

“Nag-request na rin po ang Comelec sa kagalang-galang na Pangulo na maideklarang holiday ang May 12 para mabigyan ng pagkakataon ang sambayanang Pilipino na mga botante na makaboto,” said Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia.

(The Comelec requested from the Malacañang to declare May 12 a holiday to allow voters to vote.)

While the past elections were declared as special non-working holidays, Garcia said it would still require a declaration from the Office of the President.

“Ganun din naman talaga pero again ito ay kakailanganin ng isang deklarasyon, proklamasyon mula sa ating kagalang-galang na Pangulo,” he added.

(It happened before but a proclamation or declaration is still required to have the election day as a holiday.)

GMA News Online has reached out to the PCO for comment.

The Philippines will hold its midterm elections on May 12. In 2022, then-President Rodrigo Duterte declared the day of the presidential elections as a special non-working holiday. — BM, GMA Integrated News

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