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Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 261 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
November 20, 2003
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6581, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 261 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : In the past elections, it has been the practice of the New People's Army (NPA), its members and allied organizations to demand or extort money or other valuable considerations from candidates running for public office in exchange for "permits to campaign" and the like. The "permit to campaign" would allow candidate to campaign freely inside the NPA's claimed "territories". This practice goes against the principles of human rights, political freedom and of electoral reform. This measure seeks to render much practice on electoral offense under our electoral laws (Batas Pambansa Blg. 881) | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROSALES, ETTA | |
| DATE FILED : 2003-11-20 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Aguha | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Andaya (034 ) | 2. Solis (032 ) |
| 3. Abad (032 ) | 4. Calderon (032 ) |
| 5. Sarenas (032 ) | 6. Acosta (032 ) |
| 7. Umali (032 ) | 8. Gozos (032 ) |
| 9. Rodriguez (032 ) | 10. Bondoc (032 ) |
| 11. Bautista (032 ) | 12. Macarambon (032 ) |
| 13. Sandoval (032 ) | 14. Mathay (032 ) |
| 15. Nachura (032 ) | 16. Valdez (032 ) |
| 17. Cari (032 ) | 18. Veloso (032 ) |
| 19. Uy (032 ) | 20. Perez (032 ) |
| 21. Bueser (032 ) | 22. Paras (032 ) |
| 23. Espinosa (032 ) | 24. Mitra (032 ) |
| 25. Tulagan (032 ) | 26. Wacnang (032 ) |
| 27. Almario (032 ) | 28. Plaza (032 ) |
| 29. Aggabao (032 ) | 30. San Juan (032 ) |
| 31. Bernardo-lokin (032 ) | 32. Hataman (042 ) |
| AUTHORSHIP WITHDRAWALS: | |
| Uy(2004-01-12) | |
| Almario(2003-12-15) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 6676, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2003-12-01 |
Abstract
In the past elections, it has been the practice of the New People's Army (NPA), its members and allied organizations to demand or extort money or other valuable considerations from candidates running for public office in exchange for "permits to campaign" and the like. The "permit to campaign" would allow candidate to campaign freely inside the NPA's claimed "territories". This practice goes against the principles of human rights, political freedom and of electoral reform. This measure seeks to render much practice on electoral offense under our electoral laws (Batas Pambansa Blg. 881)
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