Payment of fees to CPP-NPA-NDF may disqualify poll candidates
MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded candidates that payment of permit to campaign and permit to win fees to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and its allied organizations are election offenses and may be grounds for disqualification. Based on the minutes of a recent meeting, presided by then acting chairperson Socorro Inting, the Commission en Banc approved the recommendation of the Law Department in response to the letter of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to issue a resolution on the possible penalties...