29/04/2019
COMELEC doesn't have any jurisdiction over electronic form of campaign propaganda.
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CAMPAIGN PROHIBITIONS
It shall be unlawful for:
1. Any school administrator, faculty member, administrative service personnel (ASP) and support staff, to assist directly or indirectly any political party or candidate.
2. Any student group recognized by the university to endorse directly or indirectly any political party or candidate.
Further, should there be any provision in the rules/by-laws of the aforesaid student groups that run in contrary with the above provision shall be considered null and void.
3. Candidate/s and political party/ies to use council funds, facilities and other resources for campaign and other political purposes
4. Any student or Political Party to remove, destroy or in any manner deface or tamper any allowed election paraphernalia or prevent distribution of the same.
5. Any candidate to use a person or organization in the school without proper approval.
6. Any student and/or political party to make defamatory/ libellous statements/acts against any student and political party involved in the electoral process such as but not limited to the following: oral, written, directly or indirectly.
7. Any political party or candidate to form any organization, association, clubs, committees or other groups of persons whether inside or outside of the University for the purpose of soliciting votes and/or undertaking any campaign for or against a candidate.
Any bona fide student, partisan or not, who has knowledge of any act committed in violation of this Code may file a petition/ complaint before the CE. This may be done whether the complaints act/s were done before, during or after the campaign and election period. The CE, after receiving the petition shall act thereafter and proceed to necessary investigation and trial to prove the credibility of the complaint.
ELECTION PROPAGANDA
A. Any political party or candidate may hold rallies, student assemblies and other similar political activities within the campus during the campaign period provided that the request has been recommended for approval by the Dean of the College and the University President.
B. Political parties and independent candidates shall be allowed to do room-to-room campaign provided that:
B.1. Permission as requested by political parties and independent candidates from CE, and approved and endorsed by the Dean of the College and the University President.
B.2. They shall not exceed the ten-minute allowable period for them to campaign in every class.
The CE shall not be responsible for providing room-to-room campaign schedule for any party or candidate.
ALLOWED ELECTION CAMPAIGN PARAPHERNALIA /PROPAGANDA
The following are considered as election paraphernalia by political parties or independent candidates:
A. Pamphlets, leaflets, cards, stickers, or other written or printed materials.
B. Any other form of election paraphernalia duly approved by the CE.
C. The CE shall have no jurisdictions over electronic form of election propaganda.
PROHIBITED FORMS OF CAMPAIGN PARAPHERNALIA /PROPAGANDA
Any campaign paraphernalia/propaganda shall be unlawful if it:
a Contains defamatory/libellous content against any political party and/or candidate.
b. Involves the use of logo/name of any outside organization/ individual that has not been a donor of the political party and/ or candidate.
Any prohibited election paraphernalia or propaganda shall be immediately stopped, confiscated, or torn down by the political parties/candidates as ordered by the CE.
DISTRIBUTION OF CAMPAIGN PARAPHERNALIA
The distribution of campaign paraphernalia shall only be allowed during the designated campaign period.
CAMPAIGN FOCUS
Messages from candidates and political parties during the campaign shall focus on campus related issues only and not on personalities.
CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS
Any political party or candidate who violates this code shall be subject to sanctions.
