MANILA, Philippines?Bring it on.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) may order him to do so, but presidential candidate and Senator Richard Gordon is not putting down his huge billboards on Edsa and on the South Luzon Expressway.
Sought for comment on Wednesday, Gordon said: "I will not dismantle it. I don't own it. It does not belong to me."
Gordon said the two huge billboards the Comelec referred to as oversized based on the Fair Elections Act were donated by supporters and were put up without his knowledge.
The supporters have not called him to seek any advice on what to do with the two billboards that also include an image of Gordon's running mate Bayani Fernando.
He said: "I have not talked to them. I have not even thanked them."
One of the two billboards was put up by the best friend of his daughter Marnie. "That is their property," Gordon said.
He said the putting up of the billboards on private properties should be respected as an exercise of "freedom of expression."
Gordon said: "That's a constitutional right if I want to express support to any candidate."
Gordon and Fernando went around Quezon City on Wednesday. The motorcade started at the UP Krus na Ligas and went around barangays Old Balara, Holy Spirit and Congressional Avenue.
Gordon later went to an interview over radio stations DZMM while Fernando went straight to the Balintawak Public Market.
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said on Tuesday they found that Gordon, Fernando, and presidential candidate Eddie Villanueva have put up billboards that exceed the mandated size.