Not acceptable – Lim.
Commissioner Christian Robert Lim head of the Comelec CFO will render his resignation amidst the decision of the Comelect to grant the request of Mar Roxas and LP.
LP requested 14 days extension from the original deadline on June 8, 2016, and with this decision the deadline is moves to June 30, 2016, same day as the oath-taking ceremony of the new President and Vice President.
“I will tender on Monday,” CFO head Commissioner Christian Robert Lim said.
’Di acceptable ang policy shift (The policy shift was not acceptable),” Lim added.
The Comelect En Banc decided 4 out of 3 in favor of extending the deadline for LP.
Acording to Lim, Republic Act 7166 clearly states that submission of SOCE should be made within 30 days after the elections. He said extension to the deadline means that Comelec should amend the law.
“To grant the request for extension would not only be unfair to other candidates and parties who complied within the prescribed period but also would be a reversal of the Commission’s own resolution on the matter,” he added.
Lim stressed that the 30-day period from election day is “a hard deadline” set by law in Section 14 of Republic Act No. 7166.
He also said it is stated in the Omnibus Rules on Campaign Finance that the June 8 deadline is “final and non-extendible.”
“The ‘final and non-extendible’ nature of the 08 June 2016 deadline has been emphasized in the second paragraph of Section 2, Rule 10 of the Omnibus Rules on Campaign Finance,” Lim said.
He also noted that all presidential and vice presidential candidates, with the exception of Roxas, were able to file their SOCEs on time “regardless” of the voluminous nature of the report.
“It is worthy to note that even presidential candidate, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, was able to comply with the submission of her SOCE through her representative on June 8 despite being on medical leave and her confinement in the Intensive Care Unit of the Makati Medical Center a few days before the deadline,” said Lim.
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source: trindtitan