00:00Good afternoon, the election period will start tomorrow for the election of 2025.
00:16The police are preparing to place the checkpoints.
00:20The campaign period will start next month, but the Comelec has an explanation
00:24on why they are allowing the posters of the aspirants to be spread.
00:30This is what Jonathan Andal is pointing out.
00:35The police in Manila have already prepared to place the Comelec checkpoints later tonight
00:41as a sign of the official start of the election period in the whole country.
00:46They are already beating up the people who are talking to the motorists
00:50to lower the windows, lower the headlights, turn on the lights inside the vehicle,
00:55and when asked to show the driver's license and vehicle registration.
00:59The same is also the case in Ilocos Norte, where the police were beaten up at the send-off ceremony
01:04even though the vehicles are spread throughout the region.
01:07The Comelec and PNP remind us that only visual inspection is allowed at the checkpoint.
01:13The trunk and glove compartment of the vehicle are not allowed to be opened.
01:17It is also prohibited to lower and cover the vehicles.
01:20The police will not prohibit the motorists from recording at the checkpoint.
01:25They should not react because it will be a protection for each one of us.
01:33We can record using our cellphones.
01:37We will also record if necessary so that we can document what we are doing.
01:42We are limited to the so-called plain view doctrine.
01:45We will not open or lower the windows.
01:47The Supreme Court has already said that if you have information,
01:52intelligence, that indicates that the vehicle needs to be inspected properly,
01:57but you have to justify why.
01:59Checkpoints are prohibited in dark places.
02:02The police should be wearing uniforms and their names should be visible.
02:05The checkpoint should have a sign and the name of the chief of the precinct
02:10and the local Comelec officer should be written on it,
02:11as well as the numbers that can be called if they want to report.
02:14This is a 24-hour checkpoint.
02:16Definitely, around the city, there will be at least 14 checkpoints at any time.
02:22The gun ban will also start later tonight.
02:24This means that guns are not allowed even if you have a license,
02:28except if the Comelec has issued exemptions.
02:32If the election period starts tomorrow,
02:34the campaign period will start on February 11.
02:38But why is it that so far,
02:40many posters and other materials with the faces or names of the aspirants have spread?
02:47The Comelec said that their hands are tied
02:49because the Supreme Court is saying that they are not yet candidates,
02:53but on February 11, or even at the start of the campaign period.
02:58Their big tarpaulin,
03:00their big posters on the streets,
03:02their faces saying,
03:03Hi, hello, goodbye, welcome.
03:05We cannot remove them because they are not yet candidates.
03:08The local governments should be the ones who can remove them.
03:12In Quezon City, the City Hall has already banned the posters of aspirants
03:18that are attached to the posts of Kuryente,
03:21Street Signs, Traffic Lights, Signal Posts, Tulay, Overpass,
03:25and other public facilities.
03:28The Comelec said that they can only start reporting illegal campaign material
03:3372 hours or three days before February 11.
03:37We are going to write you a letter, remove the material.
03:40If within three days, you will not remove it,
03:43we will file, we will disqualify you.
03:46We have the power to motoprobe you because it's a disqualification case.
03:50Let's not use the argument that I didn't use it.
03:53In the end, you are the one who benefits from it.
03:56Since March 28, the government's assistance is prohibited,
04:00but the Comelec allowed some programs of DSWD, DOH, and DOLE
04:05as long as there is no candidate who will contribute to the assistance itself.
04:10The Comelec will not prohibit the requirement of guarantee letters
04:13for those who will be hospitalized.
04:15For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
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