Comelec to charge bets who don’t remove campaign materials

Comelec to publish candidates' statement of contributions and expenditures

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will publish in its website the statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) of candidates in the recent elections. Election Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday that the move is part of the transparency process to determine if the candidates complied with the mandated spending limit during the campaign period. "This is one of the reforms we are implementing. All statemen…

Comelec to charge bets who don’t remove campaign materials

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will pursue cases against candidates, regardless of whether they won or lost in the May 12 polls, if they fail to remove their campaign materials from public places. Under Comelec Resolution No. 11086, candidates should have taken down all their election-related materials, including posters, banners and streamers, […]...Keep on reading: Comelec to charge bets who don’t remove campaign m…

DEADLINE SET IN STONE; Comelec warns poll winners, losers: Miss SOCE deadline, face legal action

ILOILO City – Winning midterm election candidates in this city may be barred from assuming office if they fail to file their mandatory Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) by the strict June 11 deadline, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) warned. Under election law, no individual — regardless of electoral outcome — can assume public […]

Candidates criminally liable for not removing campaign materials

By Ferdinand Patinio DISPOSAL. Commission on Elections Chairperson George Erwin Garcia (center) leads the inspection of disposed election campaign materials at the Payatas Controlled Disposal Facility in Quezon City on Tuesday (May 20, 2025). Garcia warned candidates who have yet to remove their campaign materials that they could be held criminally liable under the law. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA – The Commission on Elections…

Comelec: Candidates criminally liable for not removing campaign materials

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, May 20, expressed dismay over the failure of candidates to remove their campaign materials past the deadline of five days after the May 12 elections. “We said that five days after the election, they (campaign materials) should be removed. Now it’s been more than five days,” Comelec Chairperson […]