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00:00We will talk about the disqualification case against some candidates and latest in ballot printing, we will talk to Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia.

00:14Good morning and welcome again to Balitang Hali.

00:17Good morning sir Rafi, good morning to our fellow countrymen.

00:20How will this affect the preparation of Comelec for the upcoming midterm elections?

00:24The disqualification case against some candidates is also a campaign period.

00:30Rafi, the preparation of disqualification cases, the pendency of disqualification cases in our country, even if there is an initial decision against a candidate,

00:39there is no effect on the candidate.

00:41His name will not be removed from the list and his name will still be there in the ballot.

00:47And even if the case does not end and he can be voted, all votes are considered valid or have a visa vote.

00:54Because the decision should be final and executory.

00:58And there will only be an executory decision if Comelec and Bank have a decision and there is no restraining order from the Supreme Court.

01:07So again, their names are still there in the ballot and they are valid candidates.

01:13It's clear.

01:14The arrest of San Liboy was almost reached due to the violation of the election gun ban.

01:18Should this be left to be handled and is it possible to tighten the punishment?

01:23Sir Rafi, this is just an example of how effective our campaign is against guns and deadly weapons on the streets.

01:32Especially our checkpoints.

01:34If we will notice, sir Rafi, our checkpoints are still in good condition.

01:39The rights of our countrymen are being violated.

01:42Our PNP, AFP, Philippine Coast Guard, Bureau of Fire Protection and other officials are not violating our checkpoints.

01:50It's just that sir Rafi has a hard head.

01:52He knows that it's prohibited even if you have a permit to carry or a license.

01:56All of that is suspected but they are still bringing it.

02:00Maybe it's better to remove their license or permit to carry perpetually as a punishment for them.

02:07And maybe it's better to extend the punishment against those who are violating it.

02:12But for now, do we have a data on the number of arrests compared to the previous elections?

02:19There are still more than the previous elections.

02:22In the previous elections, there were more than 2,000 arrests.

02:24At the moment, there are less than 1,000 arrests.

02:26There are more than 900 arrests in our checkpoints.

02:30Hopefully, this will not increase compared to the previous elections.

02:34Hopefully, this will continue to decrease in preparation for the 2028 national and local elections,

02:41where there will be president and vice president.

02:45Now, let's go to negative campaigning.

02:47You said that it's not prohibited per se but it can be charged.

02:50What is the qualification of this?

02:52According to our laws, campaigning can be for or against a country.

02:58Therefore, when you do negative campaigning, you should still respect the right of your negative campaign.

03:05For example, you should not be bordering on libel or cyber libel or the so-called oral defamation.

03:12It means that you should not destroy the integrity of a person

03:16by throwing out baseless accusations.

03:22But negative campaigning per se,

03:24for example, you said that his principles are wrong, that's not right,

03:29or his position on the issue of the West Philippine Sea is not the right position,

03:33that's negative campaigning.

03:36And there is no violation of our laws like libel, cyber libel, or oral defamation.

03:43Okay.

03:44For the time being, how many balotas have been printed?

03:50Sir Rafi, 48% of our requirement is 72 million.

03:55We are already printing 38 million balotas.

03:58So far, so good.

03:59Sir Rafi, hopefully, we can finish printing balotas in the second week of March.

04:04As for defamation, hopefully, we can finish it all in April 14 of this year.

04:09Okay. Thank you very much for the time you shared in Balitang Hali.

04:13Thank you very much, Sir Rafi Mubuhay.

04:15Communic Chairman George Erwin Garcia.

Panayam kay Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia | Balitanghali

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