Teodoro a ‘top violator’

PRESIDENTIAL bet Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro tops the list of candidates posting campaign materials outside the poll body's mandated area, said provincial environment officer Jesse Vego.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) records show Teodoro with 212 “illegally posted” posters, Senator Manuel Villar with 127, Bro. Eddie Villanueva with 59, former president Joseph Estrada with 15, Richard Gordon with 11, and Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III with 3.

The Commission on Elections ban on posting of materials outside the designated areas is implemented in coordination with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, added Vego.

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He said the ban is imposed on all national and local candidates for the May 10 polls “to spare trees from postering or nailing of any sort of campaign propaganda or materials."

For the vice presidential candidates, Loren Legarda ranked first with 19 and Manuel Roxas followed with 1, said Vego.

On the other hand, leading the 61 senatorial candidates is Lito Lapid – 102, and following him are Ralph Recto – 77, Ramon Revilla – 63, Neric Acosta – 30, and Gilbert Remulla – 13.

For the party-list group, Bicolnon topped with 113, Titser – 21, and 20 each for DIWA, Kalingan and LPG while APEC—8, and ABA—7. This out of the 187 party-list groups joining the May 10 elections.

Vego said their confiscations of campaign propaganda netted 1,130 from Bacolod, Murcia, and Hinigaran.

“Our monitoring is still going on until the conduct of the election,” Vego told Sun.Star Bacolod.

Penro started their monitoring on March 17; twice in Bacolod and once in Talisay City, Murcia and Hinigaran.

Vego said he has already submitted his report to the Comelec with regard to their confiscation of illegal campaign propaganda posted and nailed by the candidates on trees and those places or areas that had not been allowed by the commission.

Vego appealed to the candidates, though he said they could not be blamed, but have obliged them to tell their respective campaigners to observe Comelec rules or guidelines pertaining to election ban.