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Consortium on Electoral Reforms (CER), as a member of the Pera at Pulitika (PAP) working group, participated in monitoring the campaign financing in the 2007 elections

This 2010, CER will again undertake monitoring of campaign expenditure particularly on the ground level

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The monitoring work will focus on the campaign expenditures of four (4) presidential candidates only.

Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Joseph “Erap” Estrada Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Manuel “Manny” Villar

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The monitoring work will concentrate on the campaign expenditures on:

Propaganda materials Caucus and public meetings

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Propaganda materials will include:

Posters

Flags

Banners

Streamers

Stickers

Hand-outs

Banderitas

Billboards

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Meetings will include:

Rallies

Sorties

Caucus meetings

Press conferences

Sectoral meetings

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Geographically, field monitoring will be done in ten (10) cities.

PAP ProjectPAP Project Pera at Pulitika 2010 Pera at Pulitika 2010In Luzon, the cities that will be monitored are: Baguio City

San Fernando City, Pampanga

Quezon City

Lucena City

Legazpi City

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In the Visayas, the cities that will be monitored are:

Iloilo City

Cebu City

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In Mindanao, the cities that will be monitored are:

Cagayan de Oro City

Zamboanga City

Davao City

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The monitoring work will cover the official duration of the campaign period only.

Thus, the CER-PAP group’s monitoring work will start on February 9, 2010 and will end on May 8, 2010.

In addition, items that will be monitored are limited to expenses that can be receipted.

Orientation and TrainingPera at Pulitika 2010Pera at Pulitika 2010

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in San Fernando City, Pampanga (January 16, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Iloilo City (January 18, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Legazpi City, Albay (January 23, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Quezon City (January 23, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Cebu City (January 25, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Baguio City (January 30, 2010)

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Orientation and training of field volunteers in Cagayan de Oro City (February 6, 2010)

Initial ObservationsPera at Pulitika 2010Pera at Pulitika 2010

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Contrary to what is expected, there are not much propaganda materials posted in the streets of major cities on the opening day of the official campaign period.

However, volunteers observed that the number of propaganda materials are increasing.

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Among the candidates, it is Manny Villar who has the most propaganda materials posted.

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Also, local candidates are doing pre-campaigning by putting their faces and names on the campaign materials of presidential candidates.

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Candidates are now making use of buses for campaign. COMELEC still has to make a rule regarding this.