Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr.. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥擳he Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to ban motorcades along 18 major thoroughfares of Metro Manila, Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday.
鈥淲e are not prohibiting motorcades or any kind of election campaigning, but we are regulating it in the sense that it cannot be [conducted] here and [during a certain] time,鈥� Brillantes told reporters during the Comelec鈥檚 inspection of their PCOS assembly facility in Cabuyao, Laguna.
He said that they are set to come out with a resolution on it with the help of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino.
Under the draft resolution, motorcades will be totally prohibited on Edsa, South Super Highway, Taft Avenue, Avenida, Rizal Ave., C5 Ave., among others.
鈥淭hey are allowed in all minor streets, but they are totally banned in major thoroughfares,鈥� Brillantes said.
The draft resolution will also cover a few issues about campaign rallies but Brillantes said that they 鈥渁re not much of a problem because it is only in one location and subject to the permission of local government.鈥�