00:00The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, has a new requirement for the upcoming midterm elections.
00:05That is the new picture or latest picture that should be submitted or used by the candidates in their campaign posters.
00:12Let's find out the point of view of Professor Antonio Contreras.
00:23Thank you very much, Diane.
00:26It's only been a month since the last election, in May 2025,
00:30and we are hoping that COMELEC will release new guidelines for the campaign,
00:36including the time and place where the campaign can take place.
00:42It also includes determining the allowed sizes of the posters and campaigns for Fernalias.
00:52The Commission on Elections is proposing a new idea,
01:00which is to use the most recent pictures of the candidates.
01:06In fact, according to their recommendation,
01:09each candidate should submit five pictures taken within the last six months
01:16when they filed their Certificates of Candidacy.
01:20Others are saying that it's not a big deal.
01:25In fact, what is my point of view on this?
01:28It's really necessary.
01:30Because there are posters that look like they are still young,
01:35but when you see them in real life, they don't look like that.
01:38It looks very polished.
01:40It looks like they used different techniques in editing to make them look young.
01:46We are doing truth in advertising in politics.
01:50It's like our candidates, even in their looks,
01:55they don't tell the truth.
01:57That's very basic.
01:59What's more, when it comes to them, they are already married.
02:02So you can see that they don't look like that when you see them in person.
02:08They are using that kind of tactic.
02:12You know, when other people see that they are young,
02:14they look good,
02:16they will vote for their candidate.
02:18That's just one clear opinion.
02:21In politics, we should be honest.
02:24We should be honest in serving our country.
02:26And if you are not honest in showing your face to the voters,
02:31that's just one clear opinion.
02:34We should support this move of Comelec.
02:39Some people say that there are a lot of issues that should be investigated.
02:43Why is that?
02:44It's because they are paying attention to the candidate's looks.
02:47If it's just their looks, they can't tell the truth.
02:50What else can they do?
02:51That's very simple.
02:53It's like, if in the image, they already lie,
02:58what else can they lie about?
03:01What Comelec is doing is right.
03:04We should support this.
03:06Why would you be ashamed of your looks if it's not your real looks?
03:10Why would you deceive the voter that you are young,
03:12but you are not young?
03:14Why would you deceive the voter that you are sexy,
03:18but you are not sexy in real life?
03:20Why do we need to give value to our physical appearance?
03:25In fact, the thing that gives us weight or weight
03:32is the quality of our personality.
03:35What kind of service can you provide
03:37and allow to people?
03:41Not your looks.
03:43That's what gives us weight.
03:45That's what gives us weight,
03:47not the requirement of Comelec
03:49that your picture should be recent.
03:52That's not what gives us weight.
03:53What gives us weight is what you think
03:55that you can just bring people
03:57to a picture that was photoshopped.
04:00So that's my point of view for today.
04:02Thank you very much.
04:05Back to your studio, Dayan.
04:08Thank you very much, Professor Contreras.
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