Tag: Premature campaigning

Mga kandidatong sangkot sa premature campaigning dapat tukuyin ng Comelec—BMP

(Eagle News) — Dapat tulungan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang mga botante para mabatid kung sinong kandidato sa 2019 mid-term elections ang nangangampaniya na kahit wala pang campaign period. Ito ang hamon ng grupong Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino sa Comelec kasunod ng pag-amin nito na wala silang karapatan para papanagutin ang mga kandidato na may premature campaigning. Una nang sinabi ni Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez na wala silang magagawa patungkol sa pre-mature campaigning at […]

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Robredo urges passage of law vs premature campaigning

(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo expressed support for the passage of a law against premature campaigning, with the 2019 elections just around the corner. “Nanawagan ako sa ating Kongreso na dinggin ang panawagan ng Comelec at muling ibalik ang batas laban sa maagang pangangampanya,” Robredo said in a statement. According to Robredo, following the passage of RA 9369, or the Automated Election law, the Supreme Court declared in Penera vs Comelec that there […]

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No premature campaigning

MANILA, Philippines, June 9 (Eagle News) — According to the Commission on Election (COMELEC), the various advertisements of politicians and government officials cannot be considered as premature campaigning. The commission added that premature campaigning can only lie when a person has already filed a certificate of candidacy and conducted campaign activities outside of the official campaign period. The COMELEC recommends alternative ways of filing complaints like filing at the Ombudsman or Commission on Audit to […]

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