Comelec asks winners, losers to take down all campaign paraphernalia

Now that the election is over, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said all candidates, both winners and losers, should now take down all their campaign paraphernalia immediately.

Comelec commissioner Luie Guia urged candidates to remove their campaign materials because the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections campaign period is now over.

“It goes without saying that since they are the ones that put them up, it is also their responsibility to take them down,” Guia said in a briefing.

However, Guia admitted that they were not actually mandated to take down their campaign materials because “there is no such law that requires them to do so.”

The Comelec official is hopeful that local government units (LGUs) would go after candidates who refuse to take down campaign materials if this is a violation of local ordinances.

“We could look at possible violations of local ordinances, especially for those that are illegally placed campaign posters. That is where they could be held accountable,” Guia said. /vvp