On August 18, 2015, the commission released the calendar of activities for the May 9, 2016 national and local elections:[REF] Following a request by the Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines, the commission extended the period for holding of political conventions to October 8, 2015 [REF].
The commission originally envisioned to release an "almost" final list of candidates on December 15, but postponed it to December 23 [REF].