Information is the Key: June 2023

Friday, June 16, 2023

THE LEGAL FRONT

Trust, the tie that binds
BY ATTY. ARTURO D. BRION, LL.B., LL.M.

Trust is the “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or of something.” In this sense, it is the basic foundation of our representative democracy which operates on the strength of trust: People entrust their care and welfare to periodically chosen representatives who promulgate and implement the laws that our society needs. These representatives are our senators and congressmen – the members of the legislative branch who pass our laws, and the president and vice president of the executive branch, who implement these laws.

GUIDELINES FOR FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

Pursuant to Comelec Resolution No. 10924 dated June 7, 2023, herewith are the guidelines for Filing of Certificate of Candidacy for October 30, 2023, Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. (BSKE). Per Comelec Resolution No. 10905, the period for filing a certificate of candidacy is on August 25, 2023, up to September 2, 2023.

2023 CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES

Resolution No. 10905

Promulgation: 03 May 2023

REVISED CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND PERIODS OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OCTOBER 30, 2023 SYNCHRONIZED BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG

KABATAAN ELECTIONS (BSKE).

WHEREAS, the Commission on Elections (Commission) has promulgated on March 22, 2023 Resolution No. 10902 entitled "REVISED CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND PERIODS OF CERTAIN PROHIBITED ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OCTOBER 30, 2023 SYNCHRONIZED BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN (SK) ELECTIONS" prescribing the activities, periods and prohibited acts in connection with the October 30, 2023 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE);

PREMATURE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Premature Election Campaign – SC Jurisprudence

G.R. 181613 dated November 25, 2009.

Ruling of the Supreme Court –: No, the court held that the campaign period for local officials began on 30 March 2007 and ended on 12 May 2007. Penera filed her certificate of candidacy on 29 March 2007. Penera was thus a candidate on 29 March 2009 only for purposes of printing the ballots. On 29 March 2007, the law still did not consider Penera a candidate for purposes other than the printing of ballots. Acts committed by Penera

VOTERS' PLEDGE

I am a Responsible and Principled Citizen.

I will educate myself and others about the issues at hand so that my vote is a meaningful and relevant exercise of my right of suffrage.

I pledge to vote for candidates who will abide by the duly constituted rules on campaigning because I understand that those who refuse to obey the law in the little things are not likely to obey the law in the more important things;

I pledge to vote for candidates who, by word and action, renounce violence, coercion, vote-buying, and corruption as means for getting elected;

I pledge to vote for the candidates who listen to their constituents and are responsive to the needs and aspirations of those they seek to represent;

I pledge to vote as my conscience dictates in all elections.

I make these promises freely and upon my honor.

(This Voter Pledge was read at the Unity Walk of 13 January 2013, by COMELEC Commissioner Elias R. Yusoph)

SOURCE: NAMFREL

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