'OPLAN BAKLAS'. The Commission on Elections holds a province-wide "Oplan Baklas" to remove illegally-placed election campaign materials on Thursday (April 7, 2022). The operations, however, only covered public spaces that are not Comelec-designated common poster areas. (Photo courtesy of Comelec-Negros Oriental FB page) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday tore down thousands of illegal posters of political candidates in Negros Oriental who are seeking elective positions in the May 9 national and local polls. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental provincial election supervisor-designate, said the agency's campaign, dubbed Oplan Baklas, was held simultaneously in the province. Castillano led the provincial Comelec office in taking down the campaign posters that were illegally plastered on trees, electric poles, government structures like waiting sheds and bridges, and at public places outside of the designated common