By MIKHA FLORES
THE Commission on Elections has asked the Catholic Church to serve as role model in following election laws by removing an oversized endorsement poster outside a Bacolod church.
In a one-page letter dated Feb 27, Law Department Director Esmeralda Amora-Ladra asked Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra to lead by example and remove the “Conscience Vote” poster, or the poll body will be compelled to file an election offense against him.
The church in Bacolod says there is nothing illegal about the ‘Conscience Vote’ tarpaulin which now hangs outside the cathedral. The tarpaulin tells Catholics to vote for Team Buhay: senators and party-list representatives who voted against the Reproductive Health Law, and shun Team Patay who advocated for the RH Law in Congress.
