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Celebs not exempt from premature campaign ban
The Philippine Star
|March 23, 2024
Celebrities-turned-politicians who remain active on television and in the movies will not be given exemptions once the Commission on Elections (Comelec) enforces the ban on premature campaigning for the May 2025 midterm polls.
"The Comelec will stand firm that those who will file their certificates of candidacy (COC) this October will immediately be considered as candidates. Whatever are the prohibitions, it will be applicable to all," Comelec Chairman George Garcia said yesterday at a press briefing.
He added, "We will presume that all those who filed their COCs as engaged in premature campaigning when they do it before the campaign period." The Comelec early this month bared its plans to enforce anew the ban on premature campaigning for the elections in May next year.
This story is from the March 23, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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