COMPOSTELA VALLEY - As candidates go for the homestretch in their campaign this week before Monday's polls, the provincial election has assessed that the general mode of political campaigns waged by competing aspirants to public is fairly just within the election laws and rules of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Lawyer Gay Enumerables, provincial election supervisor and Comelec regional attorney, assessed that generally as of press time, candidates in the provincial have been conducting their campaigns fairly aboard with the Comelec rules.
She said that, for one in terms of the postering of campaign paraphernalia, the province fared better compared to the other provinces and cities where numerous violations to the Fair Elections Act have been noted since the start of the local campaign period.
Said law, among others, prescribes for specific sizes, locations and rules of posting of election propaganda including posters.
Posters made of paper, cloth or plastic materials (tarpaulins) are observed to be popular here among national and local candidates but several are openly violating Comelec rules by mounting posters of bigger sizes and in unauthorized locations outside the Comelec-designated common poster areas.
The Comelec law prescribes that the cloth, paper or cardboard posters whether framed, or posted, shall have an area not exceeding 2 x 3 feet, except that, at the site and on the occasion of a public meeting or rally, or in announcing the holding of said meeting or rally, streamers not exceeding 3 x 8 feet in size, which must be removed within 24 hours after the rally.
Apart from common poster areas designated by the Comelec, private places such as houses can also be posted with posters provided there is a consent of the owners. (Cha Monforte)
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