Comelec eyes to ensure clean, orderly elections with imposition of warrantless arrest on vote-buying, selling
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00:00The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, has announced that individuals caught in the act of vote-buying or vote-selling during the 2025 national and local elections may be apprehended by virtue of warrantless arrests.
00:13This measure aims to strengthen enforcement against electoral offenses and uphold the integrity of the electoral process.
00:19PTV's Luisa Erizpe has more.
00:24Either vote-buying or vote-selling.
00:27Both of these acts have no way out of the Commission on Elections' strict guidelines.
00:32Because before the campaign period starts for the 2025 midterm elections, the COMELEC assured the public all caught doing legal acts will find themselves behind bars.
00:43And they even allowed warrantless arrests for those caught in the act.
00:47It's enough for us to put the same people behind bars for hours. They can file a bail. It's okay for us. But the important thing is, if it's a warrantless arrest, there's a procedure.
01:01The rules of COMELEC allow warrantless arrests when caught distributing money along with campaign materials, as this act can be presumed as vote-buying.
01:10But the COMELEC will not stop with only arrests, but will file cases against all who've been caught.
01:17And for faster due process of cases, the COMELEC will be partnering with the Department of Justice, the Philippine National Police, and other government agencies.
01:26All cases in our law department will be filed. Or the continuing deputation of the DOJ, we can seek the help of the DOJ so that the prosecutions will be quick.
01:39Even us, when someone complains, the chair said time and again, if they can't do it, we will file a motoprofile on our own or we are going to pursue it. It's not going to stop at just submitting your complaint.
01:53The law enforcement agencies, whether it be the PNP or the NBI, will help the prosecutors to strengthen our cases.
02:02And because of the agreement between the COMELEC and the DOJ, we have a referral pathway where the prosecutors are very open to receive evidence.
02:14We can see that the PNP is very strict. We will not allow vote-buying.
02:20Aside from warrantless arrests for those physically distributing money, the COMELEC will also monitor e-wallet applications and bank transactions.
02:29The Committee on Contrabigay will implement money ban or transfer of more than P500,000 two days before the election.
02:37And splitting the denomination of at least P20,000 will also not be allowed five days before the election day.
02:45If the money reaches us and there is corroborating evidence, for example, campaign materials, sample ballots or whatever, while it reaches us, we can assume and presume, even the law enforcement authorities, that that is vote-buying.
03:01The COMELEC asked the public to be vigilant against buyers and sellers as they can compile a complaint or submit evidence to the COMELEC to help them pursue cases.
03:12From People's Television Network, Luisa Erispe, for Balitang Pambansa.