March 1, 2001

COMELEC RESOLUTION NO. 3636

RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9006

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "FAIR ELECTION ACT" FOR THE MAY 14, 2001
NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS

Pursuant to Section 13 of Republic Act No. 9006 otherwise known as the

"Fair Election Act", the Commission on Elections has RESOLVED to
promulgate, as it hereby promulgates the following implementing rules and
regulations.
SECTION 1.
a.

Definition of Terms. As used in this resolution:

"Election campaign" or "partisan political activity" refers to

any act designed to promote the election or defeat of a
particular candidate or candidates to a public office which
may include any of the following:
i.

Forming
organizations,
associations,
clubs,
committees or other groups of persons for the purpose
of campaigning for or against a candidate;

ii.

Holding political caucuses, conferences, meetings,

rallies, parades or other similar assemblies for the
purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any
campaign or propaganda for or against a candidate;

iii.

Making speeches, announcements or commentaries,

or holding interviews for or against the election of any
candidate for public office;

iv.

Publishing or distributing campaign literature or

materials designed to support or oppose the election of
any candidate; and

v.

Directly or indirectly soliciting votes, pledges or support for

or against any candidate.

b.

"Candidate" refers to any person aspiring for or seeking an

elective public office who has filed his certificate of
candidacy or any registered party, organization or coalition
that has filed a manifestation to participate under the party-list
system.

c.

"Political
Advertisement"
refers
to
any
matter
broadcasted, published, printed, or exhibited, which draws the
attention of the public or a segment thereof to promote or
oppose, directly or indirectly, the election of a particular
candidate or candidates to a public office. In the broadcast
media, political advertisements may take the form of spots,
guesting in TV shows and radio programs, live or taped

announcement, billboards, cow-catchers, identification spots,

riders, tags, hitchhikers, teasers, and other forms of
advertising messages or announcement used by commercial
advertisers.
d.

"Media practitioner" refers to a person who is not employed

by the media entity but performs similar functions or has
control over what is printed or broadcasted, such as, talent or
block timer.

e.

"Election survey" refers to the measurement of opinions and

perceptions of the voters as regards a candidate's popularity,
qualifications, platforms or matters of public discussion in
relation to the election, including voters' preference for
candidates or publicly discussed issues during the campaign
period.

f.

"Exit polls" refers to a species of electoral survey

conducted by qualified individuals or groups of individuals
for the purpose of determining the probable result of an
election by confidentially asking randomly selected voters
whom they have voted for, immediately after they have
officially cast their ballots.

SECTION 2.
Prohibited Campaign. It is unlawful for any
person, or for any political party or association of persons to engage in an
election campaign or partisan political activity, outside of the campaign periods.
Any election campaign or partisan political activity is prohibited on
Holy Thursday, Good Friday, day before election day and on election day.
SECTION 3.
Mass Media Columnist, Announcer or Personality
Running for Public Office or is a Campaign Volunteer. Any mass media
columnist, commentator, announcer, reporter, on-air correspondent or personality
who is a candidate for any elective public office or is a campaign volunteer for
or employed or retained in any capacity by any candidate or political party shall
be deemed resigned, if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of
absence from his/her work as such during the campaign period: Provided, That
any media practitioner who is an official of a political party or a member of
the campaign staff of a candidate or political party shall not use his/her time
or space to favor any candidate or political party.
SECTION 4.
Rallies, Meetings and Other Political Activities.
Subject to the requirements of local ordinances on the issuance of permits, any
political party supporting official candidates or any candidate, individually or
jointly with other aspirants, may hold peaceful political meetings, rallies or
other similar activities during the campaign period.
SECTION 5.
Application for Permit to Hold Public Meetings,
Rallies or Other Political Activities. All applications for permits to hold
public meetings, rallies and other similar political activities shall be filed with
the authorized city or municipal official, who shall acknowledge receipt
thereof in writing. Immediately after its filing, the application shall be posted in
a conspicuous place in the city hall or municipal building.

The official before whom the application is filed shall submit to the
election officer (EO) on the first working day of each week the list of
applications, if any, filed during the previous week and the action taken thereon.
SECTION 6.

Action on Application.

a. Within three (3) days after filing of an application for permit to

hold public meetings, rallies or other political activities, the local authority
concerned shall act in writing on said application. Any application not acted
upon within three (3) days from the date of its filing shall be deemed approved.
b. In acting on the application, the approving official shall give
all candidates, political parties, organizations or coalitions equal and fair
opportunity as to date, time and place, to hold public political meetings or
rallies. In the last week of the campaign periods, all independent candidates,
political parties, organizations and coalitions shall be entitled to hold at least
one public meeting or rally, at the time to
be chosen by the applicant, in the public plaza or place where public
political meetings or rallies are usually held.
The approval of an application shall include a condition, that a statement
of expenses incurred in connection with the meeting or rally be submitted to the
Election Officer as prescribed in the next succeeding section.
c.
An application for permit may be denied only on the ground that a
prior written application by another candidate or political party, organization or
coalition for the same purpose has been approved. Denial of any application
may be appealed to the Provincial Election Supervisor, and in the National
Capital Region Election Director, who shall decide the same within forty-eight
(48) hours after the filing of the appeal, and shall give notice of the decision to
the parties. The decision shall be final and executory.
SECTION 7.
Notice to Election Officer and Report on Expenses.
Any candidate or political party, organization or coalition intending to organize
and hold any public meeting rally or political activity in the city or municipality
shall notify the Election Officer concerned thereof and, within seven (7) working
days after the said public meeting, rally or activity, submit to said officer a
statement of expenses incurred in connection therewith.
SECTION 8.
Prohibited Acts during Public Meetings. It is
unlawful for any candidate, political party, organization or any person to give or
accept, free of charge, directly or indirectly, transportation, food and drinks, or
anything of value during and within the five (5) hours before and after a public
meeting, or to give or contribute, directly or indirectly, money or things of value
for such purpose.
SECTION 9.
Lawful Election Propaganda. Election
propaganda, whether on television, cable television, radio, newspaper or any
other medium is hereby allowed for all registered political parties, national,
regional, sectoral parties or organizations or coalitions participating under the
party-list election and for all bona fide candidates seeking national and local
elective positions subject to the limitation on authorized expenses of candidates
and political parties, observance of truth in advertising.
Lawful election propaganda shall include:

a.

Pamphlets, leaflets, cards, decals, stickers or other

written or printed materials the size of which does not
exceed eight and one-half inches in width and fourteen inches
in length;

b.

Handwritten or printed letters urging voters to vote for or

against any particular political party or candidate for public
office;

c.

Cloth paper or cardboard posters, whether framed or posted,

with an area not exceeding two (2) feet by three (3) feet,
except that, at the site and on the occasion of a public
meeting or rally, streamers not exceeding three (3) feet by
eight (8) feet in size, shall be allowed: Provided, That said
streamers may be displayed five (5) days before the date of
the meeting or rally and shall be removed within twenty-four
(24) hours after said meeting or rally;

d.

Paid advertisements in print or broadcast media subject to

the requirements set forth in Sec. 13 hereof; and

e.

All other forms of election propaganda not prohibited by the

Omnibus Election Code or of these rules.

SECTION 10.
Petition for Authority to Use Other Election
Propaganda. Any person seeking authority to use other forms of election
propaganda not covered by those enumerated in the immediately preceding section
and not prohibited by law may file with the COMELEC a verified petition, in eight
(8) legible copies, describing the election propaganda sought to be authorized, with
samples thereof.
Upon receipt of the petition, the COMELEC shall set it for hearing and
shall send notice thereof to the petitioner. On the day following the receipt of the
notice of hearing, the petitioner shall cause the publication of the petition,
together with notice of hearing, in two (2) newspapers of general circulation,
notifying the COMELEC of such action.
If the COMELEC authorizes the use of the requested election
propaganda, the authorization shall be published in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation within one week after the authorization has been granted.
SECTION 11.
Authorized Expenses of Candidates and Political
Parties. The aggregate amount that a candidate or registered political party may
spend for election campaign shall be as follows:
a)

For official candidates of political parties Three pesos (P3.00)

for every voter registered in the constituency where they filed their
certificate of candidacy.

b)

For candidates not supported by any political party Five pesos

(P5.00) for every such voter.

c)

Party/organization and coalition participating in the partylist system Five pesos (P5.00) for every voter.

d)

For political parties and coalition Five pesos (P5.00) for

every voter currently registered in the constituency or
constituencies where they have official candidates.

SECTION 12.
Posting of Campaign Materials. Candidates
and party-list groups may post any lawful campaign materials in:
a)

Authorized common poster areas in public places as

provided in the following Section; and

b)

Private places with the consent of the owner.

SECTION 13.
Common Poster Areas. Candidates of political
parties, party-list groups and independent candidates, upon authority by the
Election Officer, may erect, at their expense, common poster areas subject to the
following limitations:
a. Total number of common poster areas for each political party, partylist group and independent candidate shall not exceed ten (10) in each city or
municipality by councilor district;
b.
Location of common poster areas shall be in public places such as
plazas, markets, barangay centers and the like;
c.
Size of each common poster area shall not exceed the
following dimensions:
1.

For political parties and party-list groups 12 feet by 16

feet or its equivalent but not exceeding a total of 192 square
feet

2.

For independent candidates 4 feet by 6 feet or a total

of 24 square feet

d. Individual posters that may be posted in each common poster area

shall not exceed 2 feet x 3 feet. However, in case of space limitations, posters of
candidates of political parties may be reduced to a uniform size to accommodate
all candidates.
e.
The common poster areas allocated to political parties, party-list
groups and independent candidates shall not be used by another political party,
party-list group and independent candidate even with the consent of the former.
f.
The size of the common poster area for party-list groups shall not
exceed 12 feet x 16 feet, or a total of 192 square feet and shall be allocated at the
rate of one common poster area for every thirty-two (32) party-list groups.
In case there are less than thirty-two (32) party-list groups applying to put
up the common poster area, the Election Officer shall reduce the size of the
common poster area depending on the total number of applicants thereof,
provided that each group is entitled to post one 2 feet x 3 feet poster.
In case there are more than thirty-two (32) party-list groups applying to
put up the common poster area, the Election Officer shall determine the
appropriate number and size of common poster areas to equitably accommodate
the total number of applicants for common poster areas, subject to the provisions
of the immediately two preceding paragraphs. In posting their individual posters,
the party-list groups shall agree among themselves who will share each common
poster area. In case no agreement is reached, the Election Officer shall group the
parties alphabetically.

g.
Political parties, party-list groups and independent candidates shall
file their applications to erect common poster areas with the Office of the
Election Officer, within five (5) days from effectivity of this Resolution.
In all cases, the parties shall agree among themselves how their individual
posters in the common poster area shall be placed. In case no agreement is
reached the Election Officer shall determine said placement by drawing of lots.
The Election Officer shall act on the applications within three (3) days
from receipt thereof. For this purpose, the Election Officer shall determine
whether the proposed sites where the common poster areas will be erected are
public places with heavy pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or business or
commercial centers, or densely populated areas, and equitably and impartially
allocate the sites to ensure maximum exposure of the lawful propaganda
materials of all parties, party-list groups and independent candidates.
Any political party, party-list group or independent candidate aggrieved by
the action of the Election Officer may appeal the same within two (2) days from
receipt of the order of the Election Officer to the Provincial Election
Supervisor, or in the case of the National Capital Region to its Regional
Election Director, who shall decide the matter within two (2) days from receipt
of the appeal, furnishing copies of said decision to the parties concerned and to
the Law Department of the COMELEC. The decision shall be final and
executory.
Within seven (7) days after the elections, the candidates and party-list
groups which applied for the putting up of a common poster area shall tear down
the same at their own expense and restore the site into its original condition.
SECTION 14.
Requirements for Published or Printed and
Broadcast Election Propaganda.
a.

Any newspaper, newsletter, newsweek, gazette, or magazine

advertising, posters, pamphlets, comic books, circulars,
handbills, bumper stickers, streamers, simple list of candidates
or any published or printed political matter and any broadcast
of election propaganda by television or radio for or against
a candidate or group of candidates to any public office
shall bear and be identified by the reasonable legible or
audible words "political advertisement paid for", followed by
the true and correct name and address of the candidate or party
for whose benefit the election propaganda was printed or aired.

b.

If the publication is donated by the publishing firm or

broadcast is given free of charge by the radio or television
station, it shall be identified by the words "printed free of
charge" or "airtime for this broadcast was provided free of
charge by" followed by the true and correct name and address
of the donor.

c.

Print, broadcast or outdoor advertisements donated to the

candidate or political party shall not be printed, published,
broadcast or exhibited without the written acceptance by the
said candidate or political party. Such written acceptance shall
be attached to the advertising contract and shall be submitted
to the COMELEC as provided in hereunder.

d.

All media entities shall furnish the COMELEC with a copy

of all contracts for advertising, promoting or opposing any
political party or the candidacy of any person for public
office within five (5) days after its signing. In every case, it
shall be signed by the donor, the candidate concerned or by the
duly authorized representative of the political party.

SECTION 15.
Rates of Political Propaganda. During the
election period, media outlet shall charge registered political parties and bona
fide candidates a discounted rate of thirty percent (30%) for television, twenty
percent (20%) for radio and ten percent (10%) for print over the average rates
charged during the first three quarters of the calendar year preceding the
elections.
SECTION 16.
Persons Authorized to Incur Election Expenditures.
No person, except the candidate, the treasurer of a political party, or any
person authorized by said candidate or political party, shall make an expenditure
in support of or in opposition to any candidate or political party.
The authority of any person to incur election expenditure for or on
behalf of any candidate or political party shall be in writing, signed by the
candidate or treasurer of the political party, and shall state the full name and
exact address of said representative and the expenditures so authorized. A copy
of such authority shall be attached to the statement of contributions or
expenditures.
SECTION 17.
Equal Access to Media Time and Space. All
candidates shall have equal access to media time and space subject to the
following guidelines:
a)
Print advertisements shall not exceed one-fourth (1/4) page, in
broadsheet and one-half (1/2) page in tabloids thrice a week per newspaper,
magazine or other publications, during the campaign period.
b) Each bona fide candidate or registered political party for a nationally
elective office shall be entitled to not more than one hundred twenty (120)
minutes of television advertisement and one hundred eighty (180) minutes of
radio advertisement for the entire duration of the campaign period whether by
purchase or donation.
c)
Each bona fide candidate or registered political party for a locally
elective office shall be entitled to not more than sixty (60) minutes of television
advertisement and ninety (90) minutes of radio advertisement whether by
purchase or donation.
d)
If broadcast is given free of charge by the radio or television
station, it shall be identified by the words "Airtime for this broadcast was
provided free of charge by" followed by the true and correct name and address of
the broadcast entity.
For this purpose, each broadcast station or entity shall submit to the
Education and Information Department and the Executive Director of the
COMELEC a certified true copy of its broadcast logs and certificates of
performance for the review and verification of the frequency, date, time and
duration of advertisement broadcasts for any candidate or political party. It shall
preserve the broadcast logs for a period of three (3) years from the date of
broadcast, for production before the COMELEC whenever required.

The certificates of performance shall be submitted as follows:

I.

II.

For Candidates for national positions:

i.

First report, within the second week of their

campaign period;

ii.

Second report, within the sixth week of their

campaign period;

iii.

Third report, within the last week of their campaign period;

iv.

Last report, within two days before election day.

For candidates for local positions:

i.

First report, within the second week of their

campaign period;

ii.

Second report, within the third week of their

campaign period;

iii.

Third report, within the last week of their campaign period;

iv.

Last report, within two days before the election day.

e) All mass media entities shall furnish the Education and Information
Department, the Executive Director and the Law Department of the COMELEC
with a copy of all contracts for advertising, promoting or opposing a political
party or the candidacy of any person for public office within five (5) days
after its signing. In every case, it shall be signed by the donor, the candidate
concerned or by the duly authorized representative of the political party.
f)
No franchise or permit to operate a radio or television station shall
be granted or issued, suspended or cancelled during the election period.
g)
No radio, cable television or television station shall allow the
scheduling of any program or permit any sponsor to manifest favor or oppose
any candidate or political party by unduly or repeatedly referring to or including
said candidate and/or political party in such program without prejudice to the
right of said broadcast entities to air accounts of significant news or newsworthy
events and views on matters of public interest.
h)
All members of media, television, radio or print, shall scrupulously
report and interpret the news, taking care not to suppress essential facts or
distort the truth by omission or improper emphasis. They shall recognize the duty
to air the other side and the duty to correct substantive errors promptly.
i) In case the monitoring by the Education and Information Department
shows that there are violations of the provisions prescribed in this section, a
report thereon shall be submitted to the Law Department together with the
corresponding copies of the contracts for advertising, broadcast logs and
certificates of performance, for the filing of the appropriate charges against such
violators.

SECTION 18.
Comelec Space and Time. The Comelec shall,
subject to availability of funds, procure print space and air time, for the following
purposes:
A.

For announcing candidates for national offices

Print space
The Comelec shall, upon payment of just compensation, procure print
space from at least three (3) national newspapers of general circulation wherein
candidates for national office can announce their candidacies. Such space shall
be allocated free of charge equally and impartially to all candidates for
national office on three different calendar days:
1.

First day, within the first week of the campaign period;

2.

Second day, within the fifth week of the campaign period;

3.

Third day, within the tenth week of the campaign period.

For purposes of the May 14, 2001 elections, the first day when candidates
may announce their candidacies shall be on the third week of the campaign
period.
Air time
The Comelec shall also procure free air time from at least three (3)
national television networks and three (3) national radio networks wherein
candidates for national office can announce their candidacies, subject to the
following limitations:
Airtime shall be allocated free of charge equally and impartially through
raffle by the Executive Director, to all candidates for national office on three
different calendar days:
1.

First day, within the first week of the campaign period;

2.

Second day, within the fifth week of the campaign period;

3.

Third day, within the tenth week of the campaign period.

For the purposes of the May 14, 2001 elections, the first day when
candidates may announce their candidacies shall be on the third week of the
campaign period.
Each advertisement shall be in the form of a maximum of thirty (30)
seconds spot.
Costs of production of political advertisements shall be at the expense of
the candidate or political party.
B.

For Comelec information dissemination

Print space
The Comelec shall, upon payment of just compensation, procure print
space in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the province or
city, which shall be known as Comelec Space, to be utilized exclusively for
public information dissemination on election related concerns. In the absence

of said newspaper of general circulation, publication shall be done in any

other magazine or periodical in the province or city.
Air time
The Comelec shall also procure air time free of charge from at least one
(1) major broadcasting station or entity in every province or city, which shall
be known as Comelec Time, to be utilized exclusively for public information
dissemination on election related concerns. In the absence of a major station
or entity, broadcasting shall be done in any radio or television station in the
province or city.
SECTION 19.
Report of Contractors or Business Firms. Every
printer, manufacturer, seller or other person or firm to whom an election
expenditure for election propaganda is made, shall, within thirty (30) days
after the date of the election, file with the COMELEC a report setting
forth the full name and exact address of every candidate, treasurer, of the
political party or other person making such expenditure, the nature or purpose
of each expenditure, and the date and cost thereof. The report shall be signed and
sworn to by the contractor or dealer or, in case of a business firm or association
by its president or general manager (See Annexes "C" for sample form).
It shall be the duty of the person or firm to whom an election
expenditure is made to require every person making an expenditure for and in
behalf of a candidate or political party to present and submit a written authority
to incur said expenditures, and to keep and preserve at its place of
business, subject to inspection by the COMELEC or its authorized
representatives, copies of such written authority, contract, vouchers, invoices
and other records or documents relative to said expenditures for a period of three
(3) years after the date of the election.
It is unlawful for any supplier, contractor or business firm to enter into
any contract involving election expenditures with representatives of candidates
or political parties who do not have such written authority.
SECTION 20.
Removal, Destruction or Defacement of Lawful
Election Propaganda Prohibited. During the campaign period it is unlawful
for any person to remove, destroy, obliterate or, in any manner, deface or tamper
with, or prevent the distribution of, any lawful election propaganda enumerated
in Sec. 9 hereof.
SECTION 21.

Prohibited Forms of Election Propaganda.

a.

No movie, cinematography or documentary portraying the

life or biography of a candidate shall be publicly exhibited in
a theater, television station or any public forum during the
campaign period;

b.

No movie, cinematography or documentary portrayed by an

actor or media personality who is himself a candidate shall
likewise be publicly exhibited in a theater, television
station or any public forum during the campaign period;

c.

No campaign or propaganda materials shall be posted outside of

the authorized common poster areas of political parties, partylist groups and independent candidates or in private places
without the consent of the owner.
d.

No campaign or propaganda materials in excess of the

size authorized by law shall be posted or distributed in any
place.

SECTION 22.
Removal, Confiscation or Destruction of
Prohibited Election Propaganda Materials. Any prohibited form of
election propaganda materials shall be summarily confiscated, removed,
destroyed or torn down by any representative of the COMELEC, at the expense
of the candidate, political party, sectoral party, organization or coalition, or
person responsible for the prohibited election propaganda.
Any person, political party, sectoral party, organization or
coalition, association, agency, office, bureau or department of the government
may file with the COMELEC, through its field office, a petition to confiscate,
remove, destroy and/or stop the distribution of any propaganda material on the
ground that the same is offensive to public morals, libelous, illegal, prohibited,
subversive or irrelevant to the election issues.
The COMELEC, after summary hearing, shall resolve the petition
within six (6) hours from the time it is submitted for decision. Where the parties
concerned cannot be contacted or are unknown or refuse to appear at the
hearing, the COMELEC may decide the petition ex parte.
The COMELEC, motu proprio, may immediately order the
removal, destruction and/or confiscation of any prohibited propaganda materials
or those materials which contain statements or representations that are
illegal, prohibited, patently libelous, offensive to public morals, subversive
or which tend to incite sedition or rebellion.
SECTION 23.
Right to Reply. All registered parties and bona
fide candidates shall have the right to reply to charges published against them.
The reply shall be given publicly by the newspaper, television and/or radio
station which first printed or aired the charges with the same prominence or in
the same page or section or in the same time slot as the first statement.
SECTION 24.
Election Surveys. During the election period, any
person, whether natural or juridical, candidate or organization may conduct
an election survey. The survey shall be published with the following
information:
a)

The name of the person, candidate, party or organization

who commissioned or paid for the survey;

b)

The name of the person, polling firm or survey organization

who conducted the survey;

c)

The period during which the survey was conducted,

the methodology used, including the number of individual
respondents and the areas from which they were selected,
and the specific questions asked;

d)

The margin of error of the survey;

e)

For each question for which the margin of error is greater

than that reported under paragraph (d), the margin of error for
that question;

f)

A mailing address and telephone number, indicating it

as an address or telephone number at which the sponsor can
be contacted to obtain a written report regarding the survey in
accordance with par. g hereof;

g)

The survey together with raw data gathered to support its

conclusions shall be available for inspection, copying and
verification by the COMELEC or by a registered political
party or a bona fide candidate, or by any COMELECaccredited citizen's arm. A reasonable fee sufficient to cover
the costs of inspection, copying and verification may be
charged;

h)

Surveys affecting national candidates shall not be published

fifteen (15) days before an election and surveys affecting
local candidates shall not be published seven (7) days before
an election.

SECTION 25.
Exit Polls. Exit polls may only be taken subject
to the following requirements:
a)

Pollsters shall not conduct their surveys within fifty (50)

meters from the polling place, whether said survey is taken in
a home, dwelling place and other places;

b)

Pollsters shall wear distinctive clothing and prominently wear their

identification card issued by the organization he represents.

c)

Pollsters shall inform the voters that they may refuse to

answer; and

d)

The result of the exit polls may be announced after the

closing of the polls on election day, and must identify the total
number of respondents, and the places where they were taken.
Said announcement shall state that the same is unofficial and
does not represent a trend.

SECTION 26.
Effect of Filing Certificate of Candidacy by
Elective Officials. Any elective official, whether national or local, who
has filed a certificate of candidacy for the same or any other office shall not be
considered resigned from his office.
SECTION 27.
Substitution of Candidates. In case of valid
substitutions after the official ballots have been printed, the votes cast for the
substituted candidates shall be considered as stray votes but shall not invalidate
the whole ballot. For this purpose, the official ballots shall provide spaces where
the voters may write the name of the substitute candidates if they are voting for
the latter: Provided, however, That if the substitute candidate is of the same
family name, this provision shall not apply.
SECTION 28.
Deputation. (a) The Commission hereby deputizes
the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkasters ng Pilipinas (KBP), Philippine Internet
Service Operators (PISO), Philippine Association of Private Telephone
Companies (PAPTELCO), and the Telecommunication Operators of the

Philippines (TOP) to conduct, in coordination with the Education and

Information Department, regular information campaign on the proper use of any
medium of communication including the broadcast and transmission of
information, during the campaign period.
(b) The Commission hereby deputizes local government units to
prevent, remove, destroy, confiscate or tear down any prohibited propaganda
materials.
SECTION 29.
Election Offense. Violation of RA 9006 and these
rules shall constitute an election offense punishable under the first and second
paragraphs of Sec. 264 of the Omnibus Election Code. Any aggrieved party may
file a verified complaint for violation of these rules with the Law Department of
COMELEC.
SECTION 30.
Effectivity. This resolution shall take effect on
the seventh day after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
SECTION 31.
Dissemination.

The
Education
and
Information Department shall cause the publication of this resolution in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation, and furnish copies thereof at all field offices of
the COMELEC, and to the presidents or secretaries of all registered political
parties, organizations or coalition.
(SGD.) ALFREDO L. BENIPAYO
Chairman
(SGD.) LUZVIMINDA G. TANCANGCO
Commissioner
(SGD.) RALPH C. LANTION
Commissioner
(SGD.) RESURRECCION Z. BORRA
Commissioner

(SGD.) RUFINO S.B. JAVIER

Commissioner
(SGD.) MEHOL K. SADAIN
Commissioner

(SGD.) FLORENTINO A. TUASON, JR.

Commissioner