Comelec exempts 9 DOLE packages from ballot spending ban

Fee on Elections Chairperson George Garcia (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA)

MANILA, Philippines — The Fee on Elections (Comelec) on Monday mentioned it exempted 9 packages of the Division of Labor and Employment (DOLE) from the election spending ban through the 2025 midterm elections.

The exemption was granted following Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma’s request to exclude the packages from Sections 261(v)(2) of the Omnibus Election Code, which prohibits the usage of public funds for social welfare and providers tasks through the election interval.

In a memorandum, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia authorized the ballot physique’s legislation division suggestion to exempt the next DOLE packages:

• Particular Program for Employment of College students
• Authorities Internship Program
• JobStart Philippines Program
• Adjusted Measures Program
• Employees Group Improvement Program
• DOLE Built-in Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program
• Monetary Help Program to Distressed Migratory Sugarcane Employees
• Youngster Labor Prevention and Elimination Program
• EnTSUPERneur Program

In keeping with Garcia, Comelec Decision No, 11060 requires a certificates of exemption for companies to proceed implementing social welfare and repair tasks through the public spending ban.

“Upon analysis, we discover the request to have sufficiently complied with the necessities of Rule IV of Decision No. 11060,” Comelec’s legislation division mentioned in a memorandum.

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On Wednesday, Dec. 11, Comelec additionally authorized the exemption of 48 infrastructure tasks underneath the Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) Middle.

An hooked up company of the Nationwide Financial and Improvement Authority, the PPP Middle oversees the implementation of the nation’s PPP packages and tasks.