RESIGN, LEAVE no need – ABS, GMA talents to comply

           The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV)asked media personalities who will support any candidate for the coming election, to resign or to take a leave to avoid using their time and space in any media form for campaigning. 

         Commission on Elections (Comelec) had already given their sanction in the said issue and agreed upon that media employees, including celebrity endorsers, to take a leave during the whole campaign period.

         The said action is to comply with the Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act Sec. 6.6 stating that; “Any mass media columnist, commentator, announcer, reporter, on-air correspondent or personality who is a candidate for any elective public office or is a campaign volunteer for or employed or retained in any capacity by any candidate or political party shall be deemed resigned, if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of absence from his/her work as such during the campaign period.”

         GMA7 already advised their talents to go on leave if they’ll continue endorsing any candidate, while ABS-CBN chose to defend that their talents need not to leave because they already set rules that stars can not mention their candidates and use their programs and numbers to endorse anybody.

       Some of the endorsers are Kris Aquino, Boy Abunda and his talents, etc., for Aquino while Dolphy, Revillame and Geronimo for Villar. Estrada has Lorna Tolentino, Teodoro with Rivermaya while Villanueva has Gloc 9 and the Valenciano family.

       Continuation of the above provision: “Provided, That any media practitioner who is an official of a political party or a member of the campaign staff of a candidate or political party shall not use his/her time or space to favor any candidate or political party.”

      Celebrities are excused to take a leave as long as they know the right places and time to endorse their bets.

 Dhonalyn Agorilla

 

References:

 Philippine Daily Inquirer

ABS-CBN news

GMA news

Yahoo news

The battle had just begun!

Televion ads… Radio commercials… Print materials… and even on my facebook account!

The pressure of the coming election is now heating up.
Perhaps, campaign period has already started.

Candidates are now busy persuading people through their commercials not just on print media, televisions and radios but also the new media where most of the voters are proficient.

One day I was updating my Facebook account when I noticed one of my friend’s status promoting the fan page of the presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino. Later on, another has posted the link to another presidential candidate Manny Villar. Two days later, the link to Gilbert Teodoro’s fan page didn’t excuse my wall.

The increasing population of their fans on facebook was even one of the news on TV Patrol last week. Their campaign jingles are now the songs of the town “nakaligo ka na ba sa dagat ng basura…” “Sulong Gibo wag uurong…”“…ni Ninoy at Cory, ng bawat mamamayan…” etc.). My 6 year old cousin was even amazed on how Villar can have his own name. My boardmates are asking was “Gordon-Bayani” affirming Gordon and Bayani as runningmates or just pertaining to Gordon as a hero. The “Pangako ko po hindi ako magnanakaw” of Noynoy Aquino is now added to everyone’s memory.

When I tried to visit some of their fan pages, I saw posts of their fans. Some were praising and cheering their “idols” while others use the page to boo the opposite team. I even found some pictures mocked by some fans who literally translated their ads. One example is Manny Villar’s:

Well, campaign period had just started and many days are still coming, many advertisements are
still on their ways.

So, let’s just prepare ourselves because “The battle had just begun!”