Danilo Cullo, Comelec Davao regional lawyer, earlier told reporters that the implementing rules and guidelines of the campaign finance unit are still being finalized.
He explained that election officers “do not have the capacity” to perform the tasks of a campaign finance unit because the ones who will be assigned have to follow through the activities of candidates since the first day of the campaign period.[]
Cullo stressed that election officers and their staff are fully loaded with tasks pertaining to the upcoming polls and that “they do not even have the time to monitor
who among the candidates did not submit their sworn statement of election contributions and expenditure during the 2010 elections.”
Casquejo said the campaign finance units face difficult tasks in monitoring the candidate’s expenses for pamphlets, snacks during meetings and sorties, and posters, unlike in the candidate’s media advertising that can be traced easily to the media outfits.
The filing of candidacy for the 2013 polls is from October 1-5, and within this period voters’ registration will be temporarily suspended.[]
