Comelec to provide e-rally page for nat’l candidates beginning Feb. 8

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MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be giving free live streaming of e-rallies of national bets for the May 2022 elections at the start of the campaign period next month.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a statement on Thursday that the Campaign S.A.F.E. COMELEC e-Rally Channel on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/COMELECeRallyChannel) will provide e-rally airtime to all bona fide candidates for the positions of president, vice president, senator, and party-list.

“The Commission will issue the pertinent guidelines on how the candidates and party-list organizations can participate in the e-Rally channel. This platform can help ensure that even those candidates who have less in followers can still have more in views and exposure, so to speak,” he said.

On February 8, the live-streaming will begin, the first day of the 90-day campaign period for candidates running for national positions.

The Comelec has assigned e-rally timeslots to each elective position, as follows:

-Presidential, 10 minutes, 3 slots/night.

-Vice-Presidential, 10 minutes, 3 slots/night.

-Senatorial, 3 minutes, 5 slots/night.

-Party-List Organization, 3 minutes, 5 slots/night.

-Political Parties, 10 minutes, 3 slots/night.

“Every night, there shall be three Presidential and three Vice-Presidential 10-minute slots, and ten Party List 3-minute slots,” Jimenez said.

Meanwhile, the Comelec urged all political party/coalitions and candidates to register their official accounts, websites, blogs, and/or other social media pages.

They have until the 31st of January to register with the Education and Information Department (EID).

“Registration of website and/or social media accounts shall be done not later than 31 January 2022 through the link: https://bit.ly/2022NLESocMed,” it said.

Under Comelec Resolution No. 10730, each registered political party/coalition and bona fide candidate shall register with the Comelec their social media pages, which are already verified at the time of registration.