by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Catherine S. Valente - Adelfa Celestino
Mar 29, 2025 12:25 am
THE 45-day campaign period for local candidates in the May 12 elections started Friday, with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) tearing down unauthorized campaign posters, streamers and materials.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia kicked off the clearing operations in a market in Tondo, Manila, accompanied by Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Romando Artes and members of the environmental advocacy group Ecowaste Coalition.
NOT HERE Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia (left) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Don Artes remove illegally placed campaign materials in Manila as part of its ‘Oplan Baklas’ operations on March 28, 2025, the start of the 45-day campaign period for the midterm elections in May. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN