MANILA - A total of 24 top officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) got new assignments in a revamp. In a four-page memorandum released on Friday, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia ordered the transfer of several ranking officials of the poll body and the designation of new department heads. "In the exigency of public service, please be informed that the following personnel are either reassigned to indicated stations or designated to indicated as heads of offices or ad hoc bodies," Garcia said in the memorandum dated September 15. Under the memorandum, Planning Department Director Esmeralda Ladra was reassigned to head the Internal Audit Department, replacing director Sittie Tawagon. Tawagon, meanwhile, was designated as the new Procurement Management Department director, replacing Zita Buena Castillon who was reassigned as the new Planning Department chief. On the other hand, Finance Services Department Director Maria Lea Alarkon has been designated as specia
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Pangasinan 6th district Rep. Tyrone Agabas and Caloocan 2nd district Rep. Edgar Erice said that candidates running for local positions in the May polls may be put at a disadvantage when seeking campaign permits from municipalities led by incumbent rival candidates.
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Senator Ping Lacson and his running mate Senate President Tito Sotto are questioning the Commission on Election s rules on selfies with candidates and other interactions during campaign events.
Gabriela Women’s party-list has sought the cancelation of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) campaign permit system, saying it encroaches on free speech and puts some candidates at a disadvantage.
Gabriela Women's Party (PHOTO FROM GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY FB/ MANILA BULLETIN)
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