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SEVENTEENTH CONGRE$S
First Regular Session

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BY:

HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by: REP. JOSE T, PANGANIBAN JR.

of ANAC-IP Partylist

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code of the
Philippines, was enacted in 1985. Sections 100 and 101 of BP 881 provided the ceiling of
authorized campaign expenses of candidates and political parties for the simple reason of
levelling the playing field among all candidates. Under the said law, a candidate was allowed
to spend for his election campaign an aggregate amount of not exceeding one peso and fifty
centavos (Php.1.50) for every voter while the accredited political party was allowed to spend
a similar amount for the election campaign for its candidates. However, six years later, or in
1991, the limitations imposed upon candidates and political parties were adjusted under
Republic Act No. 7166, increasing the authorized campaign expenditure of candidates from
P1.50 to P3.00 and of political parties from P1.50 to P5.00 for every voter.

However, due to unprecedented economic developments, the election expenses
mandated by law became unrealistic. In fact no less than COMELEC Chairman Andres
Bautista recently urged the members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to
inerease the authorized campaign expenditures of candidates and political parties to a more
realistic level

This bill therefore seeks to increase the authorized campaign expenses with the utmost
objective to adjust the mandated campaign expenditures of both candidates and political
parties to a more realistic level in the light of economic developments.

In view of the foregoing reasons, the immediate approval of this bill is earnestly
sought.

° TPANGANIBAN JR.
ANAC-IP Partylist



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

ane
HOUSE BILL No. _ 3829 _

Introduced by: REP. JOSE T. PANGANIBAN JR.
of ANAC-IP Partylist

AN ACT INCREASING THE AUTHORIZED CAMPAIG!
EXPENDITURES OF CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL
PARTIES, AMENDING SECTION 13 OF REPUBLIC ACT. NO
7166, ENTITLED, “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
SYNCHRONIZED NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS AND
FOR ELECTORAL, REFORMS, AUTHORIZING
APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES”

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 13 of Republic Act No. 7166 is hereby amended to read as follows

Sec. 13. Authorized Expenses of Candidate and Political
Parties. ~ The [agreement] aggregate amount that a candidate
or registered political party may spend for election campaign
shall be as follows:

For Candidates. ~ [Ten] FIFTY Pesos (P[1]50.00) for
President and Vice-President; and for other
[Three] TWENTY FIVE Pesos (P[3]25.00) for every
voter currently registered in the constituency where he
filed his certificate of candidacy; Provided, That [a] an
independent candidate who is without any political
party and without support from any political party may
be allowed to spend [Five] FIFTY Pesos (P[5] 50.00)
for every such voter; [and]

andidates,



An independent candidate is one who falls in any of
the following circumstance

a, who has not been nominated by a duly registered
political party or coalition of political parties or
its duly authorized representative;

b. whose Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance
(CONA) has been submitted by a political party
or coalition of political parties not duly

istered with the Commission on Elections;

¢. who has not accepted a nomination, or has
repudiated his CONA from a duly registered
political party or coalition of political parties at
any time before the date of the elections;

d. who accepts a nomination from more than one
duly registered political parties for the same
constituency, except in eases of coalitions of said
political parties;

¢. whose CONA was filed after the last day of filing

of Certificates of Candidacy;

whose CONA was not filed together with his

Certificate of Candidacy;

g. whose CONA was cancelled, revoked, withdrawn
or substituted by the nominating party at any
time before the date of the elections;

h. whose CONA was denied due course by the
COMELEC.

2. For Political Parties — [Five] TWENTY FIVE Pesos
(P[5]25.00) for every voter currently registered in the
constituency or constituencies where it has official

candidates; and

3. For Partylist Candidates - TWENTY FIV!
(P25.00) for every voter.

Pesos

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding any
contribution in cash or in kind to any candidate or political
party or coalition of parties for campaign purposes, duly
reported to the Commission shall not be subject to the payment
of any gift tax.”


SECTION 2. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) shall immediately issue
the necessary rules and regulations for the implementation of this Act.

SECTION 3. All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
found inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified
accordingly.

SECTION 4, This Act shall take effect Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,