VERA Files
At the seminar workshop conducted by the Legal Network for Truthful Elections last month, James Jimenez, spokesperson of the Commission on Elections proposed something that makes a lot of sense and like many sensible things, may not sit well with some people who would be directly affected by it.
BY MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections Campaign Finance Office (CFO) has started looking into campaign finance records of President Rodrigo Duterte after it found that he had not declared Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos as a campaign donor in his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE). In a speech on Oct. 4, Duterte announced […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte believes he was destined for the presidency, having won despite little financial backing from politicians–if at all. If his campaign had a saving grace, it was Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, he said. STATEMENT: Speaking before Luzon local chief executives on Oct. 4 during the Sulong Pilipinas Convention – Local Governance […]
By MIKHA FLORES THIS is something lawmakers should consider before the 2016 elections. If campaign finance laws limit the expenditure of candidates in local and national elections, then contributions should also be regulated. Elections Commissioner Christian Robert Lim said Congress should pass a law that will limit political campaign contributions so that the amount a candidate […]
[tabs] [tab title=”Top Spenders for TV”] [/tab] [tab title=”Top Spenders for Radio”] [/tab] [tab title=”Networks”] [/tab] [/tabs] By MIKHA FLORES JOSEPH Victor Ejercito Estrada of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has logged the most number of television airtime while Team PNoy senatorial candidate Loren Legarda leads in radio placements for the first month of the […]
By MIKHA FLORES A Comelec official cautioned candidates Monday that appearing as guests in entertainment shows will be counted against their airtime limits. James Jimenez, chief of the election commission’s Education and Information Department said appearances are not prohibited but “there will be implications” on their time limit. “It’s not just a possibility, it’s a […]
By MIKHA FLORES REQUIRING candidates to regularly submit their statements of election contributions and expenses (SECE) during the campaign period will be an added burden for the Commission on Elections, Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said Friday. “Maganda sana iyon pero ang laking abala pa sa amin (It is a good idea but it’s an added burden on […]
By MIKHA FLORES THE National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), one of the accredited citizens’ arms in the May 13 polls, has suggested a regular submission by candidates of their statements of contributions and expenses during the campaign period, instead of filing only once after the elections. This is to avoid a situation where candidates […]
What is a contribution? “Contribution” includes a gift, donation, subscription, loan, advance or deposit of money or anything of value, or a contract, promise or agreement to contribute, whether or not legally enforceable, made for the purpose of influencing the results of the elections but shall not include services rendered without compensation by individuals volunteering […]
By MIKHA FLORES STATEMENTS filed by candidates with the Commission on Elections in the past elections declaring the money they had supposedly raised and spent on their campaign used to, like the song goes, “just lie there and die there.” Not anymore. At least that’s what the Comelec vows in a resolution it adopted […]