The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the rules for implementing the Fair Election Act for the upcoming Election 2022.
The 25-page Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) includes policies for campaigning through social media, mobile, and online platforms.
Each registered political party and candidate must register with the Comelec Education And Information Department the website’s name and web address of all their verified official accounts, websites, blogs, and other social media pages 30 days from the last day of candidacy.
Only these can be used in political ads online.
Details of agreements and political advertisements should be reported by paid digital influencers and online content creators.
For the traditional campaign, 120 minutes of TV campaign airtime is given to each candidate in national positions per station, and 180 minutes for radio.
Locally, there are 60 minutes for TV ads per station and 90 minutes for radio ads.
In a newspaper or broadsheet, national or local candidate, one-fourth page political ad will be allowed and in tabloid half a page.
It should still be stated who donated or paid for the political ads.
Any candidate who wishes to use other methods of campaigning not covered by the IRR can file a petition.
Marcos gave an extra day to answer the case in Comelec
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos more time to respond to the petition blocking his candidacy in 2022.
The 5-day deadline given by the Comelec for Marcos to respond to the cancellation petition filed by some civil society leaders expired on November 16.
But on a rare occasion, the Comelec 2nd division granted Marcos’ request even though the commission said that the deadline was “non-extendible.”
Marcos is represented by veteran lawyer Estelito Mendoza, known by the nickname “the lawyer of last resort” for winning complex cases.
But the petitioners did not like what the Comelec did.
“It was the Comelec itself which directed Marcos to submit his reply within an [‘inextensible] period’ of 5 days… By granting the motion, is not Comelec violating its own rules? Why?” said Fides Lim of Kapatid.
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