Sara: 'No substitution' in May 2022 elections Updated at 12.15 am Oct. 10, 2021 THERE will be "no substitution," Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said after she refused to be swayed by her supporters' clamor for her to run for president in the 2022 national elections. Duterte-Carpio's statement comes as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded political organizations that they only have until November 30 to substitute their official candidates who either withdrew, died or were disqualified. .... Substitution can only be affected if one is a member of a political party or coalition. One may be substituted by a candidate belonging to and nominated by the same political party or coalition. "No substitution shall be allowed for an independent candidate," Jimenez said. At stake in the next year's polls are 18,100 positions — one each for president and vice president; senators, 12; party-list groups, 63; members of the House of Representati...