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It’s the second to the last day that the Comelec will receive substitution papers for the 2022 elections. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

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@newsdwight Celine Pialago’s party-list group Malasakit Movement tries for a second time to file for substitution. Its papers were not accepted yesterday because of a missing requirement. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Malasakit Movement's substitution of third to fifth nominees is successful. Its third nominee is now Eusebio Avanceña, Jr., cousin of Duterte's partner Honeylet Avanceña. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Lakas-CMD’s senatorial bet, ex-labor chief Marianito Roque, withdraws his candidacy. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Comelec EID staff says Lakas-CMD's Marianito Roque indicated in his withdrawal papers that Silvestre Bello III will be his replacement. Bello or his authorized representative still needs to file his substitution paper. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Comelec EID staff also says KDP's Antonio Valdez filed withdrawal papers for president, and indicated that Antonio Parlade Jr. will be his replacement.

Parlade has yet to confirm whether he will indeed throw his hat in the presidential race. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Note: The information came from documents shared by the Comelec Law Department. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Antonio Parlade Jr. tells Rappler's @jairojourno he has yet to talk to KDP, whose member Antonio Valdes withdrew his presidential bid and indicated Parlade as substitute.

Comelec's tentative list of candidates listed Valdes as an independent bet, which cannot be substituted.

@newsdwight After filing his withdrawal papers, Lakas-CMD’s Marianito Roque said he doesn’t know who his substitute will be. But reporters later learned from Comelec staff that he wrote Silvestre Bello III’s name as his replacement in the papers he filed. @newsdwight

@newsdwight Comelec spokesman James Jimenez clarifies that independent aspirants who filed during COC filing in October have no right to substitution. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight @jairojourno JUST IN. Lakas-CMD’s vice presidential bet Lyle Uy withdraws candidacy, days after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio took oath as member of the party. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight @jairojourno Lakas-CMD's presidential bet Anna Velasco also withdraws her candidacy, based on the withdrawal papers seen by reporters today. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight @jairojourno Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's decision to file her candidacy for vice president means she will face President Duterte's most loyal aide, Senator Bong Go, in 2022, unless the latter withdraws his bid. Go has until Monday to do so. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight @jairojourno “Pagkahaba-haba man ng dramahan, sa impyerno pa rin ang patutunguhan.”

Bayan's Renato Reyes calls the BBM-Sara Duterte tandem the "peak of elite politics" that only seeks to bring the Marcoses back to Malacañang and protect Pres. Rodrigo Duterte after he steps down in 2022.

@newsdwight Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has already filed her COC for vice president, but it's still a waiting game at the Comelec main office. Senator Bato Dela Rosa and PDP-Laban's Melvin Matibag expected to arrive. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight President Duterte also rumored to arrive amid ramped-up security within the perimeter of the main Comelec office. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight Senator Bong Go's supporters now gather outside the Comelec building. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @newsdwight

@newsdwight LOOK: President Duterte, Senator Bong Go at the Comelec office. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @beacupin

Photo courtesy of PDP-Laban sec gen Melvin Matibag

@newsdwight @beacupin PDP-Laban sends more photos from Comelec office. They've yet to disclose who's running for which post, however. Earlier, Sen Ronald dela Rosa confirmed that he's withdrawing his candidacy for president. #PHVote #WeDecide | via @beacupin