SENATOR Edgardo Angara expressed disappointment on the recent issuance of a temporary restraining by the Supreme Court against the airtime limitation on political advertisement, practically reversing the resolution issued by the Commission on Elections.
According to Angara, the Constitution mandated the Comelec to be the sole authority on all election related matters including decisions and policy making to ensure an orderly, clean and honest in the conduct of elections.
He believed that the Comelec did not abuse its own discretion in issuing Resolution No. 9615.
He said that with the election is just around the corner, the issuance of a TRO will upset the preparation of the poll body for May polls.
Earlier, the Supreme Court issued a TRO against the air time limit set for by Resolution No. 9615 virtually allowing each candidate and political to use 120 air time for every network.
Under Resolution No. 9615, each candidate and political party is limited to use 120 minutes for radio and 180 minutes for television network for their political advertisements.