Disqualification woes FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/28/2010

Disqualification woes

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/28/2010 Noynoy Aquino faces disqualification from the race, having violated the Fair Elections Act, which provides each presidential candidate with an allowable airtime limit of 120 minutes per TV channel, and 180 minutes for radio. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) pointed out that, in the case of the Liberal Party (LP) bet, he, using his personal funds and not party funds, breached the time limit, more than doubling his allotted time. In the case of Nacionalista Party bet Manny Villar, who had also exceeded the allotted airtime limit, the Comelec official said that his political ads using his personal funds, did not exceed the airing limit, although his NP did, explaining that it was his party, the NP, paid for his ads.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100328com2.html

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