DILG to public: Report campaign materials still on display

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday called on the public to report campaign materials that are still posted as the deadline for their removal has already passed.

At the Laging Handa public briefing, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III said campaign materials have already been removed in areas that he visited recently.

“Kung ang ating mga kababayan meron pang area na hindi pa natatanggal ng inyong lokal na gobyerno itong mga campaign materials, pasabi na lang at papapuntahan namin kaagad,” he said.

(If our countrymen see that there are still areas where local governments have yet to remove campaign materials, just report it and we will have them visited.)

On May 11,  DILG Secretary Eduardo Año  urged local government units (LGUs) and candidates in the May 9 elections to dispose of any campaign waste materials in their areas within three days.

Densing said LGUs that fail to remove all campaign materials in their areas will receive a notice from the department.

Citing an order from the Supreme Court, Densing said they cannot order the removal of campaign materials in private properties.

A day after the May 9 national and local elections, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), through its Operation Baklas, collected 98 tons or 28 truckloads of campaign materials. —KBK, GMA News