THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted 28 programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from the election-related spending ban ahead of the May 2025 midterm polls.
"We stated that we will not stop the distribution of these aids and assistance to our poor and needy citizens. However, the DSWD and the agency must comply with the conditions we have set," Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said in a news conference on Wednesday.
