Kontra Daya calls out Comelec
Kontra Daya calls out Comelec
Photo from Kontra Daya Facebook page
2022 elections in a nutshell
By DOMINIC GUTOMAN
Bulatlat.com
Election watchdog Kontra Daya held a general assembly Thursday, November 25, deciding on sending a letter to the Commission on Elections to demand steps that would ensure a clean and honest elections despite the pandemic.
In a letter addressed to COMELEC chairperson Sheriff Abas, Kontra Daya said, “We need not wait, however, for election day to witness the occurrence of fraud. The efforts to steal the elections are underway through the use of massive government and private resources, widespread disinformation, state terror, and foreign intervention.”
These things, according to Kontra Daya, have not been called out by the COMELEC because for them the concept of premature campaign exists in a vacuum.
In the legal context, the Supreme Court has ruled out that those who filed their Certificate of Candidacy (COC) will only become candidates at the start of the campaign period, says Commissioner Antonio Kho, Jr.
Despite this, the nation has seen pre-campaign period activities such as caravans, paraphernalia distribution, and other strategies that aim to endorse a possible political candidate. Some of them are people, whose power, records, and influence, have already ensured that their candidacy will be approved.
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