Tabuk poll bets violating common poster areas

By Larry T. Lopez

TABUK CITY, Kalinga - - Barely  two  days after the start of the local campaign period last March 26, the Tabuk City Election Office noted early violations of the Commission on Election(Comelec)-designated common poster area here.

City Election Officer Reyman Solbita said Comelec Resolution 9991 provides for certain election prohibited acts including posting of campaign materials outside the designated common poster areas.

Solbita said Comelec had already issued notices to violators, who are given three days to remove, lest they face election offense charges.

In the province, COMELEC had designated a stretch of the provincial road from the “white carabao” marker in barangay Bulanao until barangay Laya as common poster area.

According to Solbita,  also included as prohibited acts are campaign materials hung on power lines, posted on electric posts, nailed on trees and posted on government or public structures.

In line with the Commission’s policy on fair election practices, COMELEC-Tabuk shall conduct regular “OplanBaklas” against illegally posted campaign materials during the campaign period, Solbita warned.