Noynoy faces disqualification By Marie A. Surbano 03/27/2010

LP bet, NP exceed airtime limits Noynoy faces disqualification By Marie A. Surbano  03/27/2010 Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino faces disqualification from the presidential race, as he has violated the election laws, having exceeded, as of March 12 , the TV airtime allotted for each presidential candidate under the Fair Elections Law. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is empowered to immediately disqualify a candidate if he is found to have violated election laws.  The penalty is six years in jail, as stated in Section 264 of the Omnibus Election Code. Aquino has exceeded the 120 minutes allowable time to place political advertisements on ABS-CBN. The Nacionalista Party (NP) has also exceeded its allowable airtime of 120 minutes for every TV station, although the Comelec claimed that NP bet Manuel “Manny” Villar, using his personal and not party funds, still has to use up his allowable time in ABS-CBN. At a press briefing yesterday, Comelec spokesmanJames Jimenez warned Aquino against airing any more of his political ads in ABS-CBN as he can no longer place an advertisement in the said television network using his personal funds.  Aquino, however, will still be allowed to air his political ads, but it will have to be his party that will finance his ads. “According to our broadcast logs that we have received from the TV stations, he (Aquino) has logged more than 290 minutes already,” he said.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune  URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100327hed1.html

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