• 6 months ago
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Transcript
00:00 Meanwhile, the Commission on Elections in Comelec visited the plant in Seoul, South Korea
00:06 that makes automated counting machines for the 2025 elections here in the country.
00:12 Meanwhile, Comelec Chairman George Garcia is being questioned about the campaign materials used by the candidates.
00:19 This is the first news of Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:24 In the short time of editing the picture, the Commission on Elections wanted the political pictures
00:31 that will be shown in their campaign materials to be truthful.
00:37 That's why Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia in Comelec Unbank
00:42 said that the candidates will use the pictures in their posters, flyers, and others.
00:49 We proposed to the Unbank and our colleagues in the Commission, and it seems that they agreed.
00:55 We said that we should also submit pictures that they will use in their campaign materials.
01:00 According to Garcia, the picture should be taken six months before filing the certificate of candidacy.
01:08 But what if the picture is edited and submitted by a politician?
01:13 The enhancement, for example, the facial wrinkles or wrinkles removed,
01:20 for us, we don't have a problem with that.
01:22 But the picture completely changed, it seems that it's not the same anymore.
01:27 For us, it's a misrepresentation and misinformation.
01:31 And therefore, that's what we are fighting for.
01:34 The filing of the certificate of candidacy for the national and local elections will be done in October 2025.
01:42 It's not a requirement for the filing of the certificate of candidacy, said Garcia.
01:47 It's not a requirement for the filing of the certificate of candidacy.
01:52 This is just to limit the use of pictures based on the Fair Elections Act,
01:59 which is a power of Comelec to restrict and limit, especially when it comes to campaign materials.
02:05 But take note, one of the prohibitions and penalties given by the punishment
02:12 is when it violates the regulations that the commission is enforcing for the elections.
02:16 Therefore, if our guidelines are violated, that is a violation.
02:20 Garcia said this in a media interview when he arrived in Seoul, South Korea
02:25 to visit a plant where automated counting machines are made to be used in the elections.
02:33 This is the first news from Seoul, South Korea.
02:37 Sandra Aguinaldo for GMA Integrated News.
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