Tacloban City — The Commission on Elections has put a limit on the amount of campaign money the presidential and vice presidential can spend, setting it at P10 per voter and P5 per voter, respectively. A total of a little over P500 million.
In its Resolution 8758, the Comelec has set the campaign period for the national candidiates to start on February 9, while for local candidates on March 26. The last campaign day is set on May 8.
In the guidelines for national and local candidates under the Fair Elections Act, those seeking a senatorial seat down to city or municipal councilors with political parties are allowed to spend P3 per registered voter in the constituency where she or he is running. Their political parties, meanwhile, may spend another P5 for every registered voter for each of their official candidates.
With the start of the campaign period next week, the Comelec called on candidates that have existing “infomercials” or print advertisements to reorganize them in order for them to conform to the standards that the poll body has now set.