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00:00The campaign period for the local opposition candidates for the May 2025 elections has already started.
00:16And just as the campaign period for the local opposition candidates has already started,
00:20Oplan Baklas, the Comelec, has decided to cancel the elections for the perennials that do not comply with the guidelines issued by the Comelec.
00:29And just as that, we will talk to the Comelec Chairman, George Garcia.
00:32Chairman, when the campaign period for the national opposition started, you had Oplan Baklas.
00:38Now, another Oplan Baklas.
00:40For those who are running for the local opposition, are there really a lot of people who do not comply, Chairman?
00:45Good morning to all of you, Ma'am Susan, to the Unang Hirit family. Good morning to all of you.
00:49But before I answer, I would like to thank MMDA, our Chairman, Chairman Artes, to our Eco Waste Coalition,
00:58together with BJMP, our partners in our campaign for Oplan Baklas.
01:03You know, there are really a lot of people who do not comply.
01:07You know, if I were the only candidate, before this day started, I would have removed those who are in public places
01:13so that it will not be difficult for us.
01:15Our hands are so dirty.
01:17You should be removed.
01:19It's so hard to remove those who are in public places.
01:21I hope they will be removed immediately
01:23so that it will not be difficult for Comelec, MMDA, our LGUs,
01:28and other sectors to clean up public places.
01:33They can see that they have violations.
01:37Is there no punishment for them, Chairman?
01:41Of course, on this day, we are not here yet because this is the beginning of our Baklas.
01:47But we know that we will be doing Baklas every day.
01:50We will be called the Baklas Commission.
01:52What we will do is, based on the law, we will write them.
01:56We will give them three days to remove the illegally posted materials
02:01or the materials that use non-biodegradable materials.
02:05The ones that do not melt, that are not environmentally friendly.
02:10If they do not remove it in three days, we will sue them.
02:14Election offension and disqualification.
02:16Chairman, your first Baklas was for national position.
02:20Are there any candidates in the national position who violated and were punished
02:26because they did not comply with what you issued?
02:29Technically, they did not violate.
02:31Technically, there were some who were posted in various places.
02:34But because of the three-day law, where they can remove it,
02:40there were almost no violations.
02:42Because everyone is removing.
02:44It is removed here, it will be transferred to the other side,
02:46we will issue a notice, it will be removed again.
02:49That is the grey area of the law.
02:51That is the loophole of the law.
02:53We cannot do anything. That is the law.
02:54And therefore, it is called due process.
02:57They were given first so that they can be removed.
03:00And then, if they are posted in other places, it will be rewritten.
03:04So, you are with the MMDA and the Eco Waste Coalition,
03:07because you said that they are the ones who are removing the campaign materials.
03:11We are just one corner.
03:12As Chairman Artis said, we removed one truck.
03:15But the good thing is, why is the Eco Waste Coalition here?
03:18We are also with the BJMP.
03:21Aside from reminding that the materials we will use should be environmentally friendly,
03:26we will partner them because our plan is to donate everything that the MMDA will get
03:32and other sectors.
03:34That can be recycled.
03:36It can be made into bags.
03:37It can be made into anything.
03:39The BJMP are our brothers who are imprisoned.
03:42So, in any way, they can earn money.
03:44In any way, their time is limited in converting the materials we will remove
03:50into something which is usable.
03:52Chairman, let us remind our candidates.
03:55The campaign period for the local positions will start now.
03:59We will have holidays.
04:01What will be the system of their campaign?
04:04I hope there will be no chaos.
04:06Let us not create chaos.
04:07That is very difficult.
04:08Because what Comelac is doing, a lot of PNP, MMDA, and other groups are doing.
04:14After that, we will focus on the removal.
04:17Be a responsible candidate.
04:18Lastly, you will be voted by the voters because you are acting in accordance with our policies.
04:27That will be the basis for the voters to choose the right candidate.
04:32After the pre-deal, are you going to other places?
04:36This is nationwide.
04:37Nationwide?
04:38This is nationwide.
04:39We are doing this throughout the Philippines.
04:41Therefore, I hope the candidates will not get angry with us.
04:44What you are doing is wrong.
04:46If it is in the right place, we will not do it.
04:49Thank you, Chairman George Garcia of Comelac.
04:52They are here in the pre-deal.
04:53We saw the MMDA truck carrying the campaign materials.
05:00They are removing tons of materials.
05:02That is why they are with the Eco-Waste Coalition
05:05to recycle the posters of materials they removed in the pre-deal in Tondo, Manila.
05:12Let us go back to the studio.
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