Comelec starts ‘Operation Baklas’ against illegal campaign materials

The Commission on Elections confiscated hundreds of illegal campaign materials Friday as the poll body launched the first day of “Operation Baklas” against election violators ahead of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on Oct. 30.

He said the number of BSKE candidates who are facing allegations of premature campaigning is now nearing 4,000. The Civil Service Commission on Friday urged the 1.9 million government employees across the country to refrain from participating in electioneering and partisan activities, as the BSKE candidates campaign from Oct. 19 to 28.

A personnel of the Commission on Elections gathers illegal campaign materials during the start of the poll body’s ‘Operation Baklas’ on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 along Oroquieta Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila. Danny Pata

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