DILG-Davao renews order for all bets to retrieve campaign materials

THE Department of the Interior and Local Government-Davao Region (DILGDavao) has renewed its order to the local government units (LGUs) and candidates, both winners and losers, to clean up all campaign-related waste materials despite the order to remove these three days after the election.

DILG-Davao Director Alex Roldan told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that the central office had already issued an advisory reminding the LGU and candidates to take down their campaign paraphernalia within three days. But still, there are some areas wherein it is still visible.

“Kung di na siya himuon, mahimo na siyang gamiton na ebidensya (If they won’t do it, it can be used as evidence) for dereliction of duty sa mga (to the) local government,” he said.

Roldan said that some LGUs in the region were already “60 to 70 percent compliant” to the order.

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said in an advisory that candidates are reminded too that the disposal of the election materials should coincide with “environmental laws and local ordinances and regulations against illegal dumping, open burning, and littering.”

“Impose the responsibility to the organizers of political activities, to ensure that waste generated by their activities, and their attendees will be properly managed and disposed of,” Año said in the advisory.

Commission on Elections-Davao Region (Comelec-Davao) assistant regional director Lawyer Gay Enumerables also reminded candidates to start removing their posters now that the election is over.

Outgoing Davao City Mayor and presumptive Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday, May 16 urged Dabawenyos to report election campaign materials that remain uncollected or not taken down by the candidates of the 2022 local and national elections.

The mayor cited Executive Order No. 15, Series of 2022, mandating local candidates to retrieve, re-use, and recycle all national and local election campaign paraphernalia.

“Kung atoang kaigsuunan nga Dabawenyo dunay makita [na paraphernalia] pwede nilang ipadala sa atoa ang picture sa Davao City Disaster Radio na account na messenger para mapadala nato sa mga kandidato para ma-retrieve nila ilang materials (Should you see any paraphernalia you can send the picture to Davao City Disaster Radio messenger account so that we can send it to the candidates for them to retrieve their materials),” Mayor Sara said.

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