Written by
Gloria Villas
The
submission of the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) comes with
no problem in Malay.
It is what
Malay COMELEC Officer II Elma Cahilig has confirmed.
According
to her, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) did not have problem in the
submission of the expenses that has been spent by the winning candidates on the
previous election.
The
distinctive violation in serving the SOCE were the lost receipts of the donor,
no identification numbers (TIN) of the contributor, no personal signature of
the candidate and some lost receipts of the expenditure.
Meanwhile,
in accordance the Section 11 of the Omnibus election Code, the winning
candidate will be disallowed to take over of the position once a SOCE is not
submitted.
It is
stated in Omnibus Election Code that all the candidates must submit their SOCE
to the COMELEC, 30 days before the end of the election.
It is also
in the said Election code that the SOCE must be submitted with the whole,
factual and itemized statement and the entire contribution that’s been accepted
as well as the candidate’s expenses for the election.
It will be
recalled that at around 5:00 in the afternoon on the 27th of November, that the
submission of the SOCE to the COMELEC has ended.
Translated
by Carla N. Suñer
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