Q&A: Comelec will enforce physical distancing, ban eating during campaign events James Jimenez, director of the Commission on Elections’ education and information department, speaks to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) about preparations for the 2022 national elections amid the coronavirus pandemic. BY PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (PCIJ) May 9, 2021 | 11:00:00 AM The May 9, 2022 elections is a year away. Filipino voters will elect a new president, vice president, 12 senators, over 300 district and party-list representatives, and thousands of local officials. While the government aims to inoculate a big majority of Filipinos against the coronavirus disease within the year, slow vaccine rollout and mutating virus strains have prompted fears that mobility will continue to be restricted beyond 2021. How will these concerns affect the coming elections?