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COMELEC
Resolution No. 3636
RULES
AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 9006 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "FAIR ELECTION ACT" FOR THE MAY
14,
2001 NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS.
RESOLUTION
NO. 3636
(Promulgated
on 01 March 2001)
RULES
AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 9006 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "FAIR
ELECTION ACT" FOR THE MAY 14, 2001 NATIONAL AND LOCAL
ELECTIONS.
Section 1. Definition
of Terms. - As used in this resolution:
a. "Election
campaign" or "partisan political activity" refers to any
act
designed to promote the election or defeat of a particular candidate or
candidates to a public office which may include any of the following:
i.
Forming
organizations, associations, clubs, committees or other groups of
persons
for the purpose of campaigning for or against a candidate;
ii.
Holding
political caucuses, conferences, meetings, rallies, parades or other
similar
assemblies for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any
campaign
or propaganda for or against a candidate;
iii.
Making speeches, announcements or commentaries, or holding interviews
for
or against the election of any candidate for public office;
iv.
Publishing
or distributing campaign literature or materials designed to support or
oppose the election of any candidate; and
v.
Directly
or indirectly soliciting votes, pledges or support for or against any
candidate.
b. "Candidate"
refers to any person aspiring for or seeking an elective public
office
who has filed his certificate of candidacy or any registered party,
organization
or coalition that has filed a manifestation to participate under the
party-list
system.
c.
"Political Advertisement" refers to any matter broadcasted,
published,
printed, or exhibited, which draws the attention of the public or a
segment
thereof to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the election of a
particular candidate or candidates to a public office. In the broadcast
media, political advertisements may take the form of spots, guesting in
TV shows and radio programs, live or taped announcement, billboards,
cow-catchers,
identification spots, riders, tags, hitchhikers, teasers, and other
forms
of advertising messages or announcements used by commercial advertisers.
d. "Media
practitioner" refers to a person who is not employed by the media
entity
but performs similar functions or has control over what is printed or
broadcasted,
such as, talent or a block timer.
e. "Election
survey" refers to the measurement of opinions and perceptions of
the
voters as regards a candidate’s popularity, qualifications, platforms
or
matters of public discussion in relation to the election, including
voter’s
preference for candidates or publicly discussed issues during the
campaign
period.
f. "Exit
polls" refers to a species of electoral survey conducted by
qualified
individuals or groups of individuals for the purpose of determining the
probable result of an election by confidentially asking randomly
selected
votes whom they have voted for, immediately after they have officially
cast their ballots.
Sec. 2. Prohibited
campaign. - It is unlawful for any person, or for any political
party
or association of persons to engage in an election campaign or partisan
political activity, outside of the campaign periods.
Any election
campaign or partisan political activity is prohibited on Holy Thursday,
Good Friday, day before election day and on election day.
Sec. 3. Mass
media columnist, announcer or personality running for public office or
is a campaign volunteer. - Any mass media columnist, commentator,
announcer,
reporter, on-air correspondent or personality who is a candidate for
any
elective public office or is a campaign volunteer for or employed or
retained
in any capacity by any candidate or political party shall be deemed
resigned,
if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of absence from
his/her work as such during the campaign period: Provided, That
any media practitioner who is an official of a political party or a
member
of the campaign staff of a candidate or political party shall not use
his/her
time or space to favor any candidate or political party.
Sec. 4. Rallies,
meetings and other political activities. - Subject to the
requirements
of local ordinances on the issuance of permits, any political party
supporting
official candidates or any candidate, individually or jointly with
other
aspirants, may hold peaceful political meetings, rallies or other
similar
activities during the campaign period.
Sec. 5. Application
for permit to hold public meetings, rallies or other political
activities.
- All applications for permits to hold public meetings, rallies
and
other similar political activities shall be filed with the authorized
city
or municipal official, who shall acknowledge receipt thereof in
writing.
Immediately after its filing, the application shall be posted in a
conspicuous
place in the city hall or municipal building.
The official
before whom the application is filed shall submit to the Election
Officer
on the first working day of each week the list of applications, if any,
filed during the previous week and the action taken thereon.
Sec. 6. Action
on application. -
a.
Within
three (3) days after filing of an application for permit to hold public
meetings, rallies or other political activities, the local authority
concerned
shall act in writing on said application. Any application not acted
upon
within three (3) days from the date of its filing shall be deemed
approved.
b. In
acting on the application, the approving official shall give all
candidates,
political parties, organizations or coalitions equal and fair
opportunity
as to date, time and place, to hold public political meetings or
rallies.
In the last week of the campaign periods, all independent candidates,
political
parties, organizations and coalitions shall be entitled to hold at
least
one public meeting or rally, at the time to be chosen by the applicant,
in the public plaza or place where public political meetings or rallies
are usually held.
The
approval
of an application shall include a condition, that a statement of
expenses
incurred in connection with the meeting or rally be submitted to the
Election
Officer as prescribed in the next succeeding section.
c. An
application for permit may be denied on the ground that a prior written
application by another candidate or political party, organization or
coalition
for the same purpose has been approved. Denial of any application may
be
appealed to the Provincial Election Supervisor, and in the National
Capital
Region to the Regional Election Director, who shall decide the same
within
forty-eight (48) hours after the filing of the appeal, and shall give
notice
of the decision to the parties. The decision shall be final and
executory.
Sec. 7. Notice
to Election Officer and report on expenses. - Any candidate or
political
party, organization or coalition intending to organize and hold any
public
meeting rally or political activity in the city or municipality shall
notify
the Election Officer concerned thereof and, within seven (7) working
days
after the said public meeting, rally or activity, submit to said
officer
a statement of expenses incurred in connection therewith.
Sec. 8. Prohibited
acts during public meetings. - It is unlawful for any candidate,
political
party, organization or any person to give or accept, free of charge,
directly
or indirectly, transportation, food and drinks, or anything of value
during
and within the five (5) hours before and after a public meeting, or to
give or contribute, directly or indirectly, money or things of value
for
such purpose.
Sec. 9. Lawful
election propaganda. - Election propaganda, whether on television,
cable television, radio, newspaper or any other medium is hereby
allowed
for all registered political parties, sectoral parties, organizations
or
coalitions participating under the party-list election and for all bona
fide candidates seeking national and local elective positions subject
to
the limitation on authorized expenses of candidates and political
parties,
observance of truth in advertising.
Lawful election
propaganda shall include:
a.
Pamphlets,
leaflets, cards, decals, stickers or other written or printed materials
the size of which does not exceed eight and one-half inches in width
and
fourteen inches in length;
b.
Handwritten
or printed letters urging voters to vote for or against any particular
political party or candidate for public office;
c.
Cloth
paper or cardboard posters, whether framed or posted, with an area not
exceeding two (2) feet by three (3) feet; except that, at the site and
on the occasion of a public meeting or rally, streamers not exceeding
three
(3) feet by eight (8) feet in size, shall be allowed: Provided, That
said
streamers may be displayed five (5) days before the date of the meeting
or rally and shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after said
meeting or rally;
d. Paid
advertisements in print or broadcast media subject to the requirements
set forth in Sec. 13 hereof; and
e. All
other forms of election propaganda not prohibited by the Omnibus
Election
Code or of these rules.
Sec. 10. Petition
for authority to use other election propaganda. - Any person
seeking
authority to use other forms of election propaganda not covered by
those
enumerated in the immediately preceding section and not prohibited by
law
may file with the COMELEC a verified petition, in eight (8) legible
copies,
describing the election propaganda sought to be authorized, with
samples
thereof.
Upon receipt
of the petition, the COMELEC shall set it for hearing and send notice
thereof
to the petitioner. On the day following the receipt of the notice of
hearing,
the petitioner shall cause the publication of the petition, together
with
notice of hearing, in two (2) newspapers of general circulation,
notifying
the COMELEC of such action.
If the COMELEC
authorizes the use of the requested election propaganda, the
authorization
shall published in two (2) newspapers of general circulation within one
week after the authorization has been granted.
Sec. 11. Authorized
expenses of candidates and political parties. - The aggregate
amount
that a candidate or registered political party may spend for election
campaign
shall be as follows:
a. For
official candidates of political parties Three pesos (P3.00) for every
voter registered in the constituency where they filed their certificate
of candidacy.
b. For
candidates not supported by any political party Five pesos (P5.00) for
every such voter.
c.
Party/organization
and coalition participating in the party-list system Five pesos (P5.00)
for every voter.
d. For
political parties and coalition Five pesos (P5.00) for every voter
currently
registered in the constituency or constituencies where they have
official
candidates.
Sec. 12. Posting
of campaign materials. - Candidates and party-list groups may post
any lawful campaign materials in:
a.
Authorized
common poster areas in public places as provided in the following
Section;
and
b.
Private
places with the consent of the owner.
Sec. 13. Common
poster areas. - Candidates of political parties, party list
groups
and independent candidates, upon authority by the Election Officer, may
erect, at their expense, common poster areas subject to the following
limitations:
a. The
total number of common poster areas for each political party,
party-list
group and independent candidate shall not exceed ten (10) in each city
or municipality by councilor district;
b. The
location of common poster areas shall be in public places such as
plazas,
markets, barangay centers and the like;
c. The
size of each common poster area shall not exceed the following
dimensions:
1.
For
political parties and party-list groups 12 feet by 16 feet or its
equivalent
but not exceeding a total area of 192 square feet; and
2.
For
independent candidate 4 feet by 6 feet or its equivalent but not
exceeding
a total area of 24 square feet.
d. The
individual posters that may be posted in each common poster area shall
not exceed 2 feet x 3 feet. However, in case of space limitations,
posters
of candidates of political parties may be reduced to a uniform size to
accommodate all candidates.
e. The
common poster areas allocated to political parties, party-list groups
and
independent candidates shall not be used by another political party,
party-list
group and independent candidate even with the consent of the former.
f. The
size of the common poster area for party-list groups shall not exceed
12
feet x 16 feet, or its equivalent but not exceeding a total area of 192
square feet and shall be allocated at the rate of one common poster
area
for every thirty-two party list groups.
In case
there
are less than thirty-two (32) party-list groups applying to put up the
common poster area, the Election Officer shall reduce the size of the
common
poster area depending on the total number of applicants therefor,
provided
that each group is entitled to post one 2 feet x 3 feet poster.
In case
there
are more than thirty-two (32) party-list groups applying to put up the
common poster area, the Election Officer shall determine the
appropriate
number and size of common poster areas to equitably accommodate the
total
number of applicants for common poster areas, subject to the provisions
of the immediately two preceding paragraphs. In posting their
individual
posters, the party-list groups shall agree among themselves who will
share
each common poster area. In case no agreement is reached, the Election
Officer shall group the parties alphabetically.
g.
Political
parties, party-list groups and independent candidates shall file their
applications to erect common poster areas with the Office of the
Election
Officer, within five (5) days from effectivity of this Resolution.
In all cases, the
parties shall agree among themselves how their individual posters in
the
common poster area shall be placed. In case no agreement is reached the
Election Officer shall determine said placement by drawing of lots.
The Election
Officer shall act on the applications within three (3) days from
receipt
thereof. For this purpose, the Election Officer shall determine whether
the proposed sites where the common poster areas will be erected are
public
places with heavy pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or business or
commercial
centers, or densely populated areas, and equitably and impartially
allocate
the sites to ensure maximum exposure of the lawful propaganda materials
of all parties, party-list groups and independent candidates.
Any political
party, party-list group or independent candidate aggrieved by the
action
of the Election Officer may appeal the same within two (2) days from
receipt
of the order of the Election Officer to the Provincial Election
Supervisor,
or in the case of the National Capital Region to its Regional Election
Director, who shall decide the matter within two (2) days from receipt
of the appeal, furnishing copies of said decision to the parties
concerned
and to the Law Department of the COMELEC. The decision shall be final
and
executory.
Within seven
(7) days after the elections, the candidates and party-list groups
which
applied for the putting up of a common poster area shall tear down the
same at their own expense and restore the site into its original
condition.
Sec. 14. Requirements
for published or printed and broadcast election propaganda.
a. Any
newspaper, newsletter, newsweek, gazette, or magazine advertising,
posters,
pamphlets, comic books, circulars, handbills, bumper stickers,
streamers,
simple list of candidates or any published or printed political matter
and any broadcast of election propaganda by television or radio for or
against a candidate or group of candidates to any public office shall
bear
and be identified by the reasonable legible or audible words "
political
advertisement paid for," followed by the true and correct name and
address
of the candidate or party for whose benefit the election propaganda was
printed or aired.
b. If
the publication is donated by the publishing firm, or the broadcast is
given free of charge by the radio or television station, it shall be
identified
by the words "printed free of charge" or "airtime for this broadcast
was
provided free of charge by" followed by the true and correct name and
address
of the donor.
c.
Print,
broadcast or outdoor advertisements donated to the candidate or
political
party shall not be printed, published, broadcast or exhibited without
the
written acceptance by the said candidate or political party. Such
written
acceptance shall be attached to the advertising contract and shall be
submitted
to the COMELEC as provided hereunder.
d. All
media entities shall furnish the COMELEC with a copy of all contracts
for
advertising, promoting or opposing any political party or the candidacy
of any person for public office within five (5) days after its signing.
In every case, it shall be signed by the donor, the candidate concerned
or by the duly authorized representative of the political party.
Sec. 15. Rates
of political propaganda. During the election period, media outlets
shall charge registered political parties and bona fide candidates a
discounted
rate of thirty percent (30%) for television, twenty percent (20%) for
radio
and ten percent (10%) for print over the average rates charged during
the
first three quarters of the calendar year preceding the elections.
Sec. 16. Persons
authorized to incur election expenditures. No person, except the
candidate,
the treasurer of a political party, or any person authorized by said
candidate
or political party, shall make an expenditure in support of or in
opposition
to any candidate or political party.
The authority
of any person to incur election expenditures for or on behalf of any
candidate
or political party shall be in writing, signed by the candidate or
treasurer
of the political party, and shall state the full name and exact address
of said representative and the expenditures so authorized. A copy of
such
authority shall be attached to the statement of contributions or
expenditures.
Sec. 17. Equal
access to media time and space. All candidates shall have equal
access
to media time and space subject to the following guidelines:
a.
Print
advertisements shall not exceed one-fourth (1/4) page, in broadsheet
and
one-half (1/2) page in tabloids thrice a week per newspaper, magazine
or
other publications, during the campaign period.
b. Each
bona fide candidate or registered political for a national elective
office
shall be entitled to not more than one hundred twenty (120) minutes of
television and one hundred eighty (180) minutes of radio advertisement
for the entire duration of the campaign period, whether by purchase or
donation.
c. Each
bona fide candidate or registered political party for a locally
elective
office shall be entitled to not more than sixty (60) minutes of
television
advertisement and ninety (90) minutes of radio advertisement for the
entire
duration of the campaign period, whether by purchase or donation.
d. If
broadcast is given free of charge by the radio or television station,
it
shall be identified by the words "Airtime for this broadcast was
provided
free of charge by" followed the true and correct name and address of
the
broadcast entity.
For this
purpose,
each broadcast station or entity shall submit to the Education and
Information
Department and the Executive Director of the COMELEC a certified true
copy
of its certificates of performance for the review and verification of
the
frequency, date, time and duration of advertisement broadcasts for any
candidate or political party. It shall preserve the broadcast for
production
before the COMELEC whenever required.
I. The
certificates
of performance for national positions:
i.
First report, within the second week of their campaign period;
ii.
Second report, within the sixth week of their campaign period;
iii.
Third report, within the last week of their campaign period; and
iv.
Last report, within two days before election day.
II. For
candidates
for local positions:
i.
First report, within the second week of their campaign period;
ii.
Second report, within the third week of their campaign period;
iii.
Third report, within the last week of their campaign period; and
iv.
Last report, within two days before election day.
e. All
media entities shall furnish the Education and Information Department,
the Executive Director and the Law Department of the COMELEC with a
copy
of all contracts for advertising, promoting or opposing a political
party
or the candidacy of any person for public office within five (5) days
after
its signing. In every case, it shall be signed by the donor, the
candidate
concerned or by the duly authorized representative of the political
party.
f. No
franchise or permit to operate a radio or television station shall be
granted
or issued, suspended or cancelled during the election period.
g. No
radio, cable television or television station shall allow the
scheduling
of any program or permit any sponsor to manifestly favor or oppose any
candidate or political party by unduly or repeatedly referring to or
including
said candidate and/or political party in such program without prejudice
to the right of said broadcast entities to air accounts of significant
news or newsworthy events and views on matter of public interest.
h. All
members of media, television, radio or print, shall scrupulously report
and interpret the news, taking care not to suppress essential facts or
distort the truth by omission or improper emphasis. They shall
recognize
the duty to air the other side and the duly to correct substantive
errors
promptly.
i. In
case the monitoring by the Education and Information Department shows
that
there are violations of the provisions prescribed in this section, a
report
thereon shall be submitted to the Law Department together with the
corresponding
copies of the contracts for advertising, broadcast logs and
certificates
of performance, for the filing of the appropriate charges against such
violators.
Sec. 18. COMELEC
space and time. - The COMELEC shall, subject to availability
of funds, procure print space and air time, for the following purposes:
A. For
announcing
candidacies for national offices
Print space
The
COMELEC
shall, upon payment of just compensation, procure print space from at
least
three (3) national newspapers of general circulation wherein candidates
for national office can announce their candidacies. Such space be
allocated
free of charge equally and impartially to all candidates for national
office
on three different calendar days:
1.
First
day, within the first week of the campaign period;
2.
Second
day, within the fifth week of the campaign period;
3.
Third
day, within the tenth week of the campaign period.
For purposes
of the May 14, 2001 elections, the first day when candidates may
announce
their candidacies shall be on the third week of the campaign period.
The COMELEC
shall also procure free airtime from at least three (3) national
television
networks and three (3) national radio networks wherein candidates for
national
office can announce their candidacies, subject to the following
limitations:
Airtime
shall
be allocated free of charge equally and impartially, through raffle by
the Executive Director, to all candidates for national office on three
different calendar days:
1.
First
day, within the first week of the campaign period;
2.
Second
day, within the fifth week of the campaign period;
3.
Third
day, within the tenth week of the campaign period.
For purposes
of the May 14, 2001 elections, the first day when candidates may
announce
their candidacies shall be on the third week of the campaign period.
Each
advertisement
shall be in the form of a maximum of thirty (30) seconds spot.
Costs of
production
of political advertisements shall be at the expense of the candidate or
political party.
B. For
COMELEC
information dissemination
The COMELEC
shall, upon payment of just compensation, procure print space in at
least
one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the province or city, which
shall be known as COMELEC Space, to be utilized exclusively for public
information dissemination on election related concerns. In the absence
of said newspaper of general circulation, publication shall be done in
any other magazine or periodical in the province or city.
The COMELEC
shall also procure airtime free of charge from at least one (1) major
broadcasting
station or entity in every province or city, which shall be known as
COMELEC
Time, to be utilized exclusively for public information dissemination
on
election related concerns. In the absence of a major station or entity,
broadcasting shall be done in any radio or television station in the
province
or city.
Sec. 19. Report
of contractors or business firms. - Every printer, manufacturer,
seller
or other person or firm to whom an election expenditure for election
propaganda
is made, shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of the election,
file with the COMELEC a report setting forth the full name and exact
address
of every candidate, treasurer, or the political party or other person
making
such expenditure, the nature or purpose of each expenditure, and the
date
and cost thereof. The report shall be signed and sworn to by the
contractor
or dealer or, in case of a business firm or association by its
president
or general manager (See Annex"C" for sample
form).
It shall be
the duty of the person or firm to whom an election expenditure is made
to require every person making an expenditure for and in behalf of a
candidate
or political party to present and submit a written authority to incur
said
expenditures, and to keep and preserve at its place or business,
subject
to inspection by the COMELEC or its authorized representatives, copies
of such written authority, contract, vouchers, invoices and other
records
or documents relative to said expenditures for a period of three (3)
years
after the date of the election.
It is unlawful
for any supplier, contractor or business firm to enter into any
contract
involving election expenditures with representatives of candidates or
political
parties who do not have such written authority.
Sec. 20. Removal,
destruction or defacement of lawful election propaganda prohibited. -During
the campaign period it is unlawful for any person to remove, destroy,
obliterate
or, in any manner, deface or tamper with, or prevent the distribution
of
any unlawful election propaganda enumerated in Sec. 9 hereof.
Sec. 21. Prohibited
forms of election propaganda. -
a. No
movie, cinematography or documentary portraying the life or biography
of
a candidate shall be publicly exhibited in a theater, television
station
or any public forum during the campaign period.
b. No
movie, cinematography or documentary portrayed by an actor or media
personality
who is himself a candidate shall be publicly exhibited in a theater,
television
station or any public forum during the campaign period;
c. No
campaign or propaganda materials shall be posted outside of the
authorized
common poster areas of political parties, party-list groups and
independent
candidates or in private places without the consent of the owner;
d. No
campaign or propaganda materials in excess of the size authorized by
law
shall be posted or distributed in any place.
Sec. 22. Removal,
confiscation or destruction of prohibited election propaganda
materials.
- Any prohibited form of election propaganda materials shall be
summarily
confiscated, removed, destroyed or torn down by any representative of
the
COMELEC, at the expense of the candidate, political party, sectoral
party,
organization or coalition, or person responsible for the prohibited
election
propaganda.
Any person,
political party, sectoral party, organization or coalition,
association,
agency, office, bureau or department of the government may file with
the
COMELEC, through its field office, a petition to confiscate, remove,
destroy
and/or stop the distribution of any propaganda material on the ground
that
the same is offensive to public morals, libelous, illegal, prohibited,
subversive or irrelevant to the election issues.
The COMELEC,
after the summary hearing, shall resolve the petition within six (6)
hours
from the time it is submitted for decision. Where the parties concerned
cannot be contacted or are unknown or refuse to appear at the hearing,
the COMELEC may decide the petition ex parte.
The COMELEC,
motu proprio, may immediately order the removal, destruction
and/or
confiscation of any prohibited propaganda material, or those materials
which contain statements or representations that are illegal,
prohibited,
patently libelous, offensive to public morals, subversive or which tend
to incite sedition or rebellion.
Sec. 23. Right
to reply. - All registered parties and bona fide
candidates
shall have the right to reply to charges published against them. Their
reply shall be given publicity by the newspaper, television and/or
radio
station which first printed or aired the charges with the same
prominence
or in the same page or section or in the same time slot as the first
statement.
Sec. 24. Election
surveys. - During the election period, any person, whether natural
or juridical, candidate or organization may conduct an election survey.
The survey shall be published with the following information:
a. The
name of the person, candidate, party or organization who commissioned
or
paid for the survey;
b. The
name of the person, polling firm or survey organization who conducted
the
survey;
c. The
period during which the survey was conducted, the methodology used,
including
the number of individual respondents and the areas from which they were
selected, and the specific questions asked;
d. The
margin of error of the survey;
e. For
each question for which the margin of error is greater than that
reported
under paragraph (d), the margin of error for that question;
f. A
mailing address and telephone number, indicating it as an address or
telephone
number at which the sponsor can be contacted to obtain a written report
regarding the survey in accordance with paragraph (g) hereof;
g. The
survey together with raw data gathered to support its conclusions shall
be available for inspection, copying and verification by the COMELEC or
by a registered political party or a bona fide candidate, or by any
COMELEC
accredited citizen’s arm. A reasonable fee sufficient to cover the
costs
of inspection, copying and verification may be charged; and
h.
Surveys
affecting national candidates shall not be published fifteen (15) days
before an election and surveys affecting local candidates shall not be
published seven (7) days before an election.
Sec. 25. Exit
polls. - Exit polls may only be taken subject to the following
requirements:
a.
Pollsters
shall not conduct their surveys within fifty (50) meters from the
polling
place, whether said survey is taken in a home, dwelling place and other
places;
b.
Pollsters
shall wear distinctive clothing and prominently wear their
identification
card issued by the organization he represents;
c.
Pollsters
shall inform the voters that they may refuse to answer; and
d. The
result of the exit polls may be announced after the closing of the
polls
on election day, and must identify the total number of respondents, and
the places where they were taken. Said announcement shall state that
the
same is unofficial and does not represent a trend.
Sec. 26. Effect
of filing certificate of candidacy by elective officials. - Any
elective
official, whether national or local, who has filed a certificate of
candidacy
for the same or any other office, shall not be considered resigned from
his office.
Sec. 27. Substitution
of candidates. - In case of valid substitutions after the official
ballots have been printed, the votes cast for the substituted
candidates
shall be considered as stray votes but shall not invalidate the whole
ballot.
For this purpose, the official ballots shall provide spaces where the
voters
may write the name of the substitute candidates if they are voting for
the latter: Provided, however; That if the substitute candidate is of
the
same family name, this provision shall not apply.
Sec. 28. Deputation.
- (a) The Commission hereby deputizes the Kapisanan ng mga
Brodkasters
ng Pilipinas (KBP), Philippine Internet Service Operators (PISO),
Philippine
Association of Private Telephone Companies (PAPTELCO), and the
Telecommunication
Operators of the Philippines (TOP) to conduct, in coordination with the
Education and Information Department, regular information campaign on
the
proper use of any medium of communication, including the broadcast and
transmission of information, during the campaign period.
(b) The Commission
hereby deputizes local government units to prevent, remove, destroy,
confiscate
or tear down any prohibited propaganda materials.
Sec. 29. Election
offense. - Violation of R.
A. 9006 and these rules shall constitute an election offense
punishable
under the first and second paragraphs of Sec. 264 of the Omnibus
Election Code. Any aggrieved party may file a verified complaint
for
violation of these rules with the Law Department of COMELEC.
Sec. 30. Effectivity.
- This resolution shall take effect on the seventh day after its
publication
in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Sec. 31. Dissemination.
- The Education and Information Department shall cause the
publication
of this resolution in two (2) newspapers of general circulation, and
furnish
copies thereof at all field offices of the COMELEC, and to the
presidents
or secretaries of all registered political parties, organizations or
coalition.
(Sgd.)
ALFREDO L. BENIPAYO, Chairman
(Sgd.)
LUZVIMINDA G. TANCANGCO, Commissioner
(Sgd.)
RUFINO S.B. JAVIER, Commissioner
(Sgd.)
RALPH C. LANTION, Commissioner
(Sgd.)
MEHOL K. SADAIN, Commissioner
(Sgd.)
RESURRECCION Z. BORRA, Commissioner
(Sgd.)
FLORENTINO A. TUAZON JR., Commissioner
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