DQ case filed vs Vilma over ‘illegal posters’ By Marie A. Surbano 04/27/2010

Rival ex-gov Sanchez suffers heat stroke DQ case filed vs Vilma over ‘illegal posters’ By Marie A. Surbano 04/27/2010 A disqualification case has been filed against Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for alleged violation of the Election Code, particularly on the posting of campaign posters. In their petition to the poll body, Lawyers Ferdinand Topacio, Gilbert Macatangay and Arth Jhun Marasigan said Santos, whose full name is Maria Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto, has violated the campaign rules for posting oversized campaign propagandas and erecting them outside the common poster areas provided by the poll body. “Respondent availed of and utilized different sorts of campaign propaganda and materials in promotion of her candidacy in the entire province of Batangas. Among said campaign materials and propaganda were posters, streamers, leaflets, banners, stickers and the like, with different contents, and of different materials and sizes, posted in different locations both public and private, within the province,” they said in their petition. They also enumerated the places or areas where the huge posters or billboards were placed, such as in tollways, provincial capitol, barangay hall, among others.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100427nat1.html

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