The ten-day marketing campaign interval for the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) has formally began.
Candidates for barangay and SK positions are allowed to marketing campaign from October 19 till October 28 or the day earlier than the eve of the election.
While candidates at the moment are allowed to woo voters by way of completely different platforms and supplies, the Commission on Elections has issued the next pointers for the marketing campaign interval:
-Lawful marketing campaign supplies needs to be solely posted in designated frequent poster areas. Prohibited election propaganda in frequent poster areas embrace:
*Individual posters posted in every frequent poster space exceeding two by three ft
*Billboards, posters, tarpaulins exceeding two by three ft
*Election marketing campaign or propaganda supplies which can be violative of gender sensitivity rules, obscene, discriminatory, offensive or in any other case represent a violation of the Magna Carta of Women
*Posters that don’t bear the phrases “Political advertisement paid for/by _____” or the phrases “printed free of charge”
*Posters that aren’t stand-alone, having the utmost measurement or lesser of two by three ft and put collectively or aspect by aspect to type a collage-like poster exceeding two ft by three ft
*Single letters of names having the utmost measurement or lesser of two ft by three ft after which placing them collectively to type a measurement exceeding two ft by three ft
*Poster/tarpaulin bearing the photograph/image of the entire slate exceeding two ft by three ft
-Campaigning and posting marketing campaign propaganda in teams are allowed so long as the poster is in accordance with the dimensions requirement
-Campaigning on tv or cable tv, radio, newspaper, the web or some other medium equivalent to in social media and web is allowed for all bona fide candidates, topic to the limitation on licensed bills of candidates, statement of reality in promoting, and to the supervision and regulation by the Comelec.
-Livestreaming on the candidate’s social media platforms shall be thought-about a type of e-rally, topic to present guidelines
-In case the are illegal marketing campaign supplies posted on private and non-private properties, Comelec election officers shall ship a discover to take away and a present trigger order to the thought-about candidates. The guidelines of the Committee on Kontra Epal will govern such circumstances.
-A nationwide simultaneous conduct of Operation Baklas or the removing of illegal marketing campaign supplies posted on designated frequent poster areas or different public locations will happen on October 20 and 27.
-Giving of t-shirts, ballers, baggage, solar visor, hat/caps, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, ballpens, followers, ballers, candies and others of worth is strictly prohibited, together with giving of meals and drinks throughout and after a gathering or marketing campaign sortie.
-The candidate and 5 of his or her marketing campaign employees could put on t-shirt with the candidate’s image through the election marketing campaign interval
-Distribution in case or in-kind of any help by way of the Assistance to Individual in Crisis Situation (AICS) is strictly prohibited from October 20 till Election Day besides these which aren’t usually given to certified people equivalent to however not restricted to primary wants within the type of meals transportation, medical, academic, burial and different related help.
The Comelec will even impose a liquor ban from October 29 to 30 underneath Comelec Resolution 10924.
The elections will happen on October 30 from 7:00 a.m. to three:00 p.m.
For the 2023 BSKE, 42,001 Punong Barangay positions will likely be stuffed whereas there are 294,007 members of Sangguniang Barangay seats will likely be up for grabs.
There have been additionally 42,001 SK chairpersons to be elected and 295,007 Sangguniang Kabataan members to be stuffed. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
