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jimenez // Enero 9, 2007 Sa 5:55 hapon
The next step is to keep our eyes on the politicians who will be filing their certificates of candidacy. Candidates for the Senatorial and Party-List Member of the House of Representative races have from January 15 to February 12, 2007 to file their certificates of candidacy. Candidates for all other races (local elective positions) have until March 29, 2007.
Once a politician files a certificate of candidacy, he is automatically considered entitled to the privileges of a candidate, as well as the duties and responsibilities of one. At this point, the most important duty is for the candidate to tear down any poster, streamer, or similar sort of publicity materials he may have erected or posted before he filed his certificate of candidacy.
Think “Merry Christmas / Happy Birthday / etc Greetings from (fill in the blank)!”
As I said earlier, once an incumbent politician – or any politician for that matter – has filed a certificate of candidacy he must tear down any publicity materials he may have put up. If he doesn’t, he can be held liable for an election offense. The problem the COMELEC has is that we don’t have nearly enough people to montior compliance with this rule. And that’s where we must turn to citizens – whether of voting age or not, whether registered or not – for help.
If you know of a politician who put up publicity materials and who has since filed a certificate of candidacy, watch out for his posters and stuff. If three days after his filing – that’s when he announces his candidacy – those posters and things are still up, let the COMELEC know. Post a comment in this blog or email us or call us, and we will do our best to set things right.
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