00:00Some local government units or LGUs are now aware of the violence against the posters that are illegal and placed in different places.
00:08Luisa Erispe of PTV in Balitang Pambansa. Luisa.
00:15It's been two weeks since the official campaign of local candidates for the 2025 midterm elections started.
00:22But the campaign posters of some local governments started to violate the law.
00:27The truth is, the LGU of Binan, Laguna is here today.
00:32They themselves removed the posters that are placed in public places.
00:36Posts, ropes, and roads.
00:38Whether it's an enemy or not.
00:40And even the posters of the senatorial candidates, they were removed in accordance with the orders of the Commission on Elections.
00:47Here is the statement of the LGU.
00:49We will remove it.
00:50Oh, Mayor, you have a lot of streamers.
00:51I will remove it.
00:52I will remove it.
00:54We will transfer it to private houses.
00:57Trees are not allowed to be placed.
01:01Even if the trees are private, we will not place them.
01:04The posters.
01:06The posters of Mayor Alco.
01:08All of the posters are prohibited in public places.
01:11Our common request is that these posters, ropes, and trees are prohibited.
01:19Our common request is that there should be a common poster area where the posters of the candidates can be placed.
01:29We will not choose anything here.
01:31Everything is in accordance.
01:33There is no common party of the administration that is exempted.
01:39Even vice mayor, congressman, they are not exempted.
01:43We are only in the right place.
01:46What the local government will do is to recycle the posters so that it can be used as bags or baskets.
01:52Or else, it will be transferred to the common poster areas that are protected by COMELEC.
01:57But if there are LGUs who are following the campaign even though it is not yet a campaign,
02:02there are also those who are stubborn and do not remove their campaign posters as candidates for national positions.
02:10It is proven that according to COMELEC,
02:12there are some senatorial candidates who are likely to be denied a notice to remove
02:17because the placement of tarpaulins on trees and other public places is not correct.
02:24COMELEC should remind them to immediately remove the illegal posters
02:29if they cannot be charged with disqualification case.
02:34Meanwhile, I would like to add that as a preparation for COMELEC's Hatol ng Bayan 2025,
02:39the Trusted Build or local source code that will be used for online voting and counting of overseas Filipino workers
02:48has already been set up.
02:50The Trusted Build's testing was successful this weekend.
02:53That's why this is already set up and this is the system that will be used to vote for OFWs.
03:00Let's go to the latest. Let's go back to you Allan.
03:04Thank you very much Louisa Irispe of PTV.
