THE upcoming 2025 national and local elections will proceed as scheduled despite the gathering of enough signatures to warrant Charter change (Cha-cha) through people's initiative, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said.

"The Comelec will have no choice but to proceed with the conduct of the May 2025 election because it is mandated by the Constitution. We are duty bound to implement what is written in the Constitution," Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said.

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