Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon. SCREENGRAB from 黑料社 video
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has sent notices to candidates who were found to have illegal posters as the poll body recorded 34 violations,聽including from prominent senatorial candidates.
鈥淧aulit-ulit naman na sinasabi namin sa media, take down your illegal posters. So ngayon may notice na sila in writing sa mga election officers,鈥� Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said in an interview with dzBB on Thursday.
Guanzon said that election officers have so far seen the posters of 34 candidates that are either oversized or placed in unauthorized areas.
鈥淢ga 34 ang nahuli ng election officers na kandidato na illegally post鈥llegal posters dahil naka-post po sa unauthorized location,鈥� she said.
鈥淜asama na diyan yung kaibigan kong si [Atty. Larry] Gadon, saka si鈥ino pa nandyan na kilala ko? Si Hilbay. Si Ta帽ada. Si Bam Aquino, Si Sonny Angara,鈥� she added.
She was referring to opposition candidates former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, former Deputy Speaker Erin Ta帽ada and reelecitonist Senators Bam Aquino and Sonny Angara.
鈥淎ng rule diyan. Dati sinusulatan naman, hindi lang namin mini-media,鈥� Guanzon noted.
鈥淚tong mga three days notice na rule, if they would not take it down, di nila tinaggal yan, i-presume namin sa Comelec na kanila yan. So, hindi po pwedeng i-deny yan na 鈥楢y Commissioner hindi naman akin yan eh, hindi ko nga picture yan eh鈥� o 鈥楲umang picture ko diyan,鈥欌�� she added.
The Comelec has earlier given candidates until Thursday (February 14) to remove their illegal campaign posters otherwise the poll body will deploy teams to take down the said materials. /jpv
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