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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is scheduled to issue revised guidelines next week, notably on the issuing of rally permits during the campaign period, according to an official.

Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said he has recommended amending the Comelec Campaign Committee (CCC) guidelines because he believes there are issues that are burdensome to candidates.

“In my experience, obtaining a CCC permission is a major undertaking. The city or municipal permit is already in place. However, I was able to recognize the value of the CCC concept. In a phone conversation, he stated, “They crafted at a period when the coronavirus illness 2019 (Covid-19) (cases) were quite high.”

Garcia went on to say that based on the alert level classification of a region, he proposes relaxing the criteria.

“However, we are currently at level 1 and improving.” Let us not abolish, but rather adjust, I said. How do you do it when there is a limit on the number of persons who can join at each level 1, 2, and 3? Why not at level 1, where there is no CCC permission but a city permit required by law. “However, the CCC permit is required at level 2 or 3,” he explained.

While other authorities agreed with his approach, he emphasized that it would be prudent to wait for the final revisions to the campaigning regulations.

According to Garcia, the loosening of these limits is appropriate given the country’s improving coronavirus situation.

Those planning campaign rallies must obtain a permit from the CCC 72 hours in advance of the event, according to existing requirements.

On the other hand, the Comelec is expected to give an advisory regarding the Supreme Court’s temporary restraint order (TRO) suspending their “Operation Baklas” in public places.

“Let us enumerate what public spaces are; at the same time, is it really absolute in private, regardless of size?” he continued. “We need to make the most intelligible instructions, advised to all of us to know what the Comelec truly orders.”

The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday, halting the poll body’s efforts to demolish illegal campaign materials.

The commission has been granted ten days to respond to the petition brought by supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo, a presidential candidate.

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