00:00The Palacio urged the local candidates to do what is necessary to ensure a good and safe campaign period for the local positions that will start next week.
00:12Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro asked the campaign to be careful and to avoid violence against fellow candidates.
00:22This is to avoid any disturbance in the organization of the campaign in the local positions.
00:28Malacanang also urged to lower the number of places that were targeted by the Komelek that were exposed to election threats.
00:36This is a big thing to strengthen the credibility of the midterm elections in May.
00:43We hope that they will be careful in their campaign.
00:46We hope that they will be fair and honest in what they will say.
00:50We hope that they will not say anything that will create confusion.