Malacañang on Friday rejected a lawmaker’s proposal to postpone the 2022 elections, saying the Constitution must be upheld.

During House budget deliberations on Thursday, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to consider putting on hold the 2022 polls because voters would be too afraid of catching the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to go out and vote.