By Leslie Ann Aquino
Just like in the automated polls, an official of the Commission on Elections said premature campaigning is also not considered as a poll offense during manual elections.
“@COMELEC En Banc resolved today: premature campaigning is not an election offense in manual elections, such as barangay election, or automated elections,” Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said in her Twitter account @commrguanzon.
“Premature campaigning is no longer an election offense based on the Supreme Court ruling in Penera vs Comelec,” she added.
