Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
January 16, 2013
THE ELECTION campaign period is on and in the nick of time, the
Commission on Elections (Comelec) has spelled out in no uncertain terms the
rules of the game on election spending and donations for all candidates,
political parties, service contractors, election personnel, and voters.
Campaign finance has always been a muddled issue in these parts, the laws observed largely in the breach. Except for a few thousand pesos of finest hat had been imposed on a handful, not a single candidate, party leader or voter had been jailed for the most gross and the most willful violations.
On Jan. 16, 2013, the Comelec en banc issued Resolution No. 9616, or
the General Instructions for the Implementation of Campaign Finance Laws, as
well as the relevant provisions of the Omnibus Election Code and The Fair
Elections Act.
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