Comelec, pinag-aaralan ang pagpapatupad ng 'money ban' 5-araw bago ang botohan sa BSKE

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00:00 The Commission on Elections is studying the implementation of the money ban,

00:04 a five-day new election for the barangay and the youth elections.

00:09 According to Comelec, this can be a solution under vote buying and vote selling.

00:15 Patrick de Jesusa report, Rise and Shine, Patrick.

00:18 A week before the election period for the 2023 barangay and youth elections,

00:28 the Security Command Conference in Camp Crame,

00:31 the various government agencies led by Comelec and PNP,

00:35 and the citizen arm and civil society organization,

00:39 started the election period

00:42 along with the issuance of the Certificate of Candidacy of the candidates on August 28,

00:47 where the gun ban was also implemented.

00:49 This is a coincidence, Comelec plans to implement the money ban five days before the election on October 30.

00:57 We are very happy and will monitor the transfer of money that is worth half a million pesos.

01:04 Comelec said this can be a solution under vote buying and vote selling

01:10 that has a penalty of up to six years in prison.

01:14 Where can you see that you have brought half a million pesos a day before the election

01:18 and you are not a treasurer, you are not a businessman, you are a voter.

01:23 So we will presume those people who are involved in vote buying.

01:27 If they think that we are wrong, they will ask questions to the court.

01:30 Our high court is there to stop us and to say that our presumptions are wrong.

01:36 If they say that Comelec wants to be afraid, we might as well be afraid.

01:40 But the best thing is that we will take this seriously.

01:43 The money ban will be implemented as part of the election checkpoints that are monitored by PNP.

01:49 It will be implemented as part of the Plainview Doctrine where our police inspect vehicles

01:55 by looking inside the vehicle.

02:00 It does not prohibit the inspection and inspection.

02:04 If we can see that there is a reason to inspect the vehicle, that's all we can do.

02:13 E-wallet platforms will also be monitored, including the Central Bank of the Philippines and AMLOC.

02:19 Comelec said that a warrant list or citizen's arrest can be implemented

02:24 for those who buy or sell votes.

02:28 This Sunday, Comelec and PNP will release a list of election hot spots.

02:35 27 barangays are being studied to be included in the red category but it is possible that it will be added.

02:43 These will be under Comelec's control where security will be more tight.

02:49 We are the mayor, we are the barangay chairman and we will control all activities there

02:55 including the activity of the LGU, Comelec.

02:59 We can put additional forces there and we can add forces like the Leather Police, PNP or Philippine Coast Guard.

03:07 Election hot spots will have a large presence of communist or local terrorist groups,

03:12 hot political rivalry or high number of election-related incidents.

03:18 Patrick De Azuz for the morning show of the country, Rise and Shine, Philippines.