TODAY is the official start of the filing of candidacies for the May 9, 2022 national and local elections. By the October 8 deadline, we will find out who are running for President and Vice President in what is seen as the country's most crucial electoral exercise since the 1986 snap election.

So far, the following have publicly announced their intention to seek one of the two highest positions of the land: Francisco Domagoso of Aksyon Demokratiko, Rodrigo Duterte of PDP-Laban, Panfilo Lacson of Partido Reporma, Ferdinand Marcos 2nd of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, Willie Ong of Lakas-CMD, Emmanuel Pacquiao of PDP-Laban, and Vicente Sotto 3rd of Nationalist People's Coalition.

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