LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. has directed local chief executives in Pangasinan to strictly enforce the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 8758, governing the publication, broadcast, or posting of political advertisements or propaganda materials.

This developed after the provincial Comelec headed by lawyer Reddy Balarbar urged the governor to ask local chief executives throughout the province to observe fair election practices in order to ensure the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections.

Balarbar said Resolution 8758 provides for the establishment of common poster areas in public places and allows the posting of lawful campaign materials in “private places provided it has the consent of the owner thereof.”

The resolution, he said, prohibits the posting of campaign materials in public places outside the designated common poster areas such as streets, bridges, public structures or buildings, trees, electric posts or wires, schools, shrines, main thoroughfares and the like.