THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is readying health and safety protocols to make sure that next year's electoral exercise will push through even in the midst of another Covid-19 surge.

The commission "will do its best to conduct the elections despite any possible adversities such as a Covid-19 surge in the time of the elections," Comelec Director Teopisto Elnas Jr. said on Monday during a forum organized by the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections.

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