THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reminded senatorial candidates and party-list groups to tear down all their illegal campaign materials by Friday or face disqualification.
THE Commission on Elections has reminded senatorial candidates and party-list groups to tear down all their illegal campaign materials by Friday or face disqualification.Chairman George Erwin Garcia issued the reminder on Thursday, particularly to candidates who were issued notices to dismantle their illegal campaign materials.
The Comelec sent out the notices the day after the start of the campaign period on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Among those who received reminders were five senatorial aspirants.Garcia warned that those who fail to comply with the directive may face election offense charges, which can result in disqualification.'If they don't remove their illegal campaign materials, they should also be ready to face the consequences,' he said. 'We will start issuing show cause orders to national candidates who failed to comply.''We can suspend the proclamation or even disqualify an erring candidate even after one has been proclaimed and assumed office. We have removed a number of elected officials for violation of election laws,' he added.Garcia stressed that all illegal posters and election propaganda, regardless of who put them up, should be taken down by the concerned candidates.Also considered illegal are campaign materials posted outside of the designated common poster area identified by the Comelec.During the campaign period, posters and printed materials are limited to a maximum of 2x3 feet, which means that any size above that is in violation of campaign rules punishable, among other things, by disqualification.Garcia said that a monitoring team is documenting all the prohibited materials posted on lamp posts, trees, sidewalks and hanging wires, among others, preparatory to the filing of charges.Documentation includes taking pictures of unauthorized posters and a newspaper for the day to prove the date it was taken.Garcia said similar rules will be applied to local candidates when their 45-day campaign period starts on March 13.Candidates under a political party as well as political parties are allowed to spend P3 per registered voter within the city, municipality or province where one is running.In the case of national candidates or those running for senator, they are allowed P3 for each of the 72 million registered voters.National candidates are also allowed 120 minutes per television station of origin and 180 minutes per radio station of origin, while local candidates are given 60 minutes exposure in television and 90 minutes in radio.
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