Barangay and SK Election 2018

Barangay and SK election finally set on this year 2018. Comelec reminds Barangay, SK bets of rules on propaganda materials Candidates running in the May 14, 2018, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections may start campaigning as the nine-day campaign period begins today, May 4. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 10246 sets the campaign period from May 4 to May 12. The Comelec reminded candidates to follow campaign rules such as the common poster area. Banned areas: Outside of authorized common poster areas Public places, and Private properties without the consent of the owner. Public places defined Public places include any of the following: Publicly owned electronic announcement boards, such as light-emitting diode (LED) display boards located along highways and streets, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors posted on walls of public buildings, and other similar devices which are owned by local government units, government-owned and -controlled corporations, or any agency or instrumentality of the government; Motor vehicles used as patrol cars, ambulances, and for other similar purposes that are owned by local government units, government-owned and -controlled corporations, and other agencies and instrumentalities of the government, particularly those bearing government license plates; Public transport vehicles owned and controlled by the government such as the Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT), and Philippine National Railway trains and the like. Waiting sheds, sidewalks, street and lamp posts, electric posts and wires, traffic signages and other signboards erected on public property, pedestrian overpasses and underpasses, flyovers and underpasses, bridges, main thoroughfares, center islands of roads and highways; Schools, public shrines, barangay halls, government offices, health centers, public structures and buildings or any edifice thereof; and Premises of public transport terminals, owned and controlled by the government, such as bus terminals, airports, seaports, docks, piers, train stations and the like. Lawful campaign materials candidates may use the following: Pamphlets, leaflets, cards, decals, stickers or other written or printed materials the size of which does not exceed eight and one-half inches (8 ½ inches) in width and fourteen inches (14 inches) in length; Handwritten or printed letters urging voters to vote for or against any particular political party or candidate for public office; Posters made of cloth, paper, cardboard or any other material, whether framed or posted, with an area not exceeding two feet by three feet (2 x 3 feet); Streamers not exceeding three feet by eight feet (3 x 8 feet) in size displayed at the site and on the occasion of a public meeting or rally. 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; Mobile units, vehicles motorcades of all types, whether engine or manpower driven or animal drawn, with or without sound systems or loud speakers and with or without lights; In residences of candidates, lawful election paraphernalia may be displayed, but banners or streamers referred to in paragraph (d) above shall not be allowed; All other forms of election propaganda not prohibited by the Omnibus Election Code or these rules. Paid advertisements in print or broadcast media subject to the requirements set forth in Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9006 or the Fair Elections Act. Jimenez encouraged candidates do their best to use “recyclable” and “environment-friendly” materials and avoid those that contain hazardous chemicals and substances in the production of their campaign and election propaganda. It is also very important that candidates include, in their campaign materials, the phrase: “This material should be recycled.” “Of course, the use of the recycle logo will be considered substantial compliance,” Any printed or published, and broadcast election propaganda for or against a candidate or group of candidates to any public office, he said shall bear and be identified by reasonably legible or audible words “political advertisement paid for,” followed by the true and correct name and address of the candidate whose benefit the election propaganda was printed or aired. “It shall also bear, and be identified by, reasonably legible, or audible words ‘political advertisement paid by,’ followed by the true and correct name and address of the payer,”. “Paid for” refers to the person or persons who benefit from the ad – like “binayaran para kay _______.” “Paid by,” on the other hand, translates to “binayaran ni ______.” “Campaign rules are designed precisely to ensure fairness by eliminating the potential for some candidates to take unfair advantage of their resources or unique circumstances. More importantly, everybody knows instinctively when what they’re about to do violates the spirit, if not the letter, of those rules,” Gun Ban Rules: During the election period it shall be unlawful for any person, including those possessing a permit to carry firearms outside of residence or place of residence or place of business: a. to bear, carry or transport firearms or other deadly weapons in public places including any building, street, park, private vehicle or public conveyance. The term "firearm" includes airgun; b. to employ, avail himself of or engage the services of security personnel or bodyguards, whether or not such bodyguards are members of officers of the PNP, the AFP or any other law enforcement agency of the government; c. to organize or maintain reaction forces, strike force or similar forces. Exceptions. a. Officers or members of the AFP, PNP, or any law enforcement agency constituting the normal security personnel complement of the incumbent President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of Interior and Local Government, Chief of Staff of the AFP and AFP Major Service Commanders, Director General of the PNP and senior officers thereof while in actual performance of their duties; Senior officers shall include battalion commanders, group commanders, regimental commanders, brigade commanders, division commanders, and their equivalents in the Navy and Air Force, Specified Command and AFP-wide Service Support Units, and those higher in the hierarchy of the AFP including all active generals; and Provincial Directors, District Directors designated in the NCR, Regional Directors, and Directors of Intelligence operations and administrative units and other Directors, Deputy Director Generals, and Director General within the General Headquarters-PNP; and all members of the Committee on Firearms and Security Personnel constituted under Section 5 hereof; b. Regular officers or members of the AFP/PNP and other law enforcement agencies of the government, except those who are under suspension and those against whom administrative or criminal charges have been filed, provided that when in the possession of firearms the law enforcement officer must be: (1) in full uniform showing clearly and legibly his name, rank and serial number which shall remain visible at all times; (2) in the actual performance of duty in the specific area designated in the mission order approved by the Commanding General or officer of the unit; and (3) going to or returning from residence/barracks; c. Cashiers and disbursing officers while in the performance of their duties if authorized in writing by the Commission specifically when said persons transport or disburse payrolls or deposit or carry large sums of money or other valuables; d. Members of duly authorized security or police organizations of government agencies, commissions, councils, bureaus, offices or government-owned or controlled corporations or privately owned or operated security, investigative, protective or intelligence agencies in the actual performance in the specific area of their assignment, of their duties with prior written authority from the Commission. The exception also applies to these personnel when: 1. Pursuing a person committing or has just committed a crime in the premises being guarded; 2. Actually escorting or providing security for the transport of payrolls, deposits or other valuables with prior written authority from the Commission; 3. Guarding private residence, buildings or offices, with prior written authority of the Commission; and 4. With respect to guards of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and provincial or city jails, only while escorting prisoners to and from prosecution offices, tribunals or courts in compliance with subpoena issued for the purpose, and with prior written authority of the Commission.