THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that all survey firms must register with the poll body during the election period.
This follows the approval of Comelec Resolution No. 11117 by the poll body en banc on Wednesday.
During the election period, the poll body stated in the seven-page resolution that any person, natural or juridical, candidate or organization conducting and disseminating a public election survey must register with the Political Finance and Affairs Department (PFAD).
However, survey companies have 15 days to register with the Comelec.
According to the Comelec, during this period, they can continue their operations, but failure to register within the given timeframe will result in the suspension of their authority to conduct and publish election surveys.
The campaign period for national candidates began on February 11th and will run until May 10th, two days before the scheduled National and Local Elections (NLE).
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