tap the “play arrow” (if on mobile device, click “Listen in browser”) on the soundcloud pod below to play the ’90s remake of Stop Look Listen theme, like so:
Prohibitions starting today Jan.13 up to June 12, 2019: No transfer of govt employees, No carrying of guns (but w Comelec permit), No security/bodyguards for candidates (but w Comelec permit), No organization of reaction forces/strike forces, No suspension of elective local officials, No alteration or creation of precinct
Starting today, January 13, 2019, and up to June 12, 2019, everyone is advised to observe the following prohibitions or else risk punishment
(the following are based on Comelec Resolution 10429)
1.Do NOT transfer or move from one office to another any government employee: Do NOT sign or act on any recommendation/measure/ action to transfer or move from one office or another any government employee. 2.Do NOT carry or transport or bear any gun, firearm, or deadly weapon unless authorized by Comelec 3.If a candidate or a candidate’s staff or if on behalf of a candidate: Do NOT use any security personnel or bodyguard unless authorized in writing by Comelec (i.e., you can if authorized in writing by Comelec: Get authorization in writing from Comelec and carry the authorization with you when moving around) 4.Do NOT organize or maintain any reaction forces, strike forces, or other similar forces 5.Do NOT suspend any elective local official: Do NOT sign or act on any recommendation/measure/ action to suspend any elective local official 6.Do NOT alter the territory of any precinct; do NOT establish any new precinct: Do NOT sign or act on any recommendation/measure/ action to alter the territory of any precinct; Do NOT sign or act on any recommendation/measure/ action to create or establish any NEW precinct. (to be continued with: Guidelines in managing and operating checkpoints (for the benefit of the PNP); and for everyone’s safety: What to do and what to remember when stopping for a checkpoint)
#NowPlaying Comelec Commissioner Bot Lim quits as finance chair of the Comelec (to protest the decision of extending the SOCE deadline). #StungbyDecision #Playlist Sting, King of Pain, featuring Lady Gaga (performed live)
Comelec Commissioner Bot Lim quits finance com to protest SOCE deadline extension
From the Inquirer: “ Stung by the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc to extend the deadline for the submission of campaign expense reports, Election Commissioner Christian Robert Lim on Monday filed his irrevocable resignation as head of the poll body’s campaign finance office.
Now playing: Stung-by-the-decision Playlist: Sting:
“Lim said the extension of the deadline was illegal and that changing it constituted an amendment in the law by Congress. ” “For the record, it’s illegal. If you look at the law, it specifies that the filing of Soce (statement of contributions and expenditures) must be within 30 days [after Election Day],” Lim told reporters on Friday. ” “For me it is just so frustrating. Maybe, [the en banc] wants to take a different policy, a policy shift. Then maybe they should be the ones to run the office,” he added. Lim said he was disappointed that the groundwork they had laid out in 2011 to ensure the law would be implemented to the letter on the submission of the Soce by election candidates and political parties had been brushed off because of the decision. ” “We started it in 2011, baby steps then bigger steps in 2016. Now it’s back to zero,” Lim said. ” “Even in 2013, I was fighting for non-extendible rule but the en banc did not approve that’s why there was late penalty. But 2013 was just experimental and 2016 was the culmination. All our efforts went to waste,” he added. “Last week, the Comelec voted 4-3 in favor of the petition of the Liberal Party and its standard-bearer, Mar Roxas, to extend the deadline of the filing of the Soce to June 30. Roxas missed the June 8 deadline. “The commissioners who voted in favor of the extension of Soce filing were Rowena Guanzon, Arthur Lim, Al Parreño and Sheriff Abas. Those who voted against it were Lim, Comelec Chair Andres Bautista and Luie Guia. “In 2013, the Comelec also extended the filing of the Soce but imposed penalties on candidates and political parties that filed beyond the original deadline.xxx”
