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DENR-ARMM to remove political campaign materials posted on trees
- Source:http://interaksyon.com/article/125189/denr-armm-to-remove-political-campaign-materials-posted-on-trees
- Monday, March 14, 2016 8:57 am
- (Philippines News Agency)
COTABATO CITY - Environment officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have formed a team that will remove political campaign materials posted illegally and put the environment at risk, a ranking environment and natural resources official on Sunday said.
Forester Kahal Kedtag, regional secretary of the ARMM’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), said the operation dubbed as “Oplan Baklas” (Oplan Remove) will be carried out starting Monday to send a strong message stressing that his office is taking the matter seriously.
Despite repeated reminders on broadcast media, social media, and even by word of mouth that posting of campaign materials on trees is not allowed by law, propaganda materials of local and national candidates still litter trees and public places that pollute the surroundings.
”Oplan Baklas will be carried out region-wide,” Kedtag said. ARMM is composed of the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Kedtag admitted that candidates’ respective campaigners and supporters placed the campaign materials on trees and flower boxes in plazas and public places.
”But they should remind these supporters not to put propaganda materials on trees and plants because it has negative implications on their candidacies,” Kedtag explained.
Posters and propaganda materials of local and national candidates filled major highways in the region, including parks and other public places. Even public toilets had the faces of candidates.
A Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution 7767 and Fair Election Act or Republic Act 9006 prohibit the display of election propaganda materials in areas outside “common poster areas” identified by the poll body.
He warned that there will be strictly no exemption in the removal of campaign materials on trees.