The election period starts on Sunday, January 9, but candidates’ billboards and posters will not be removed until the national and local campaign periods start, Negros Occidental Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Friday, January 7
Meanwhile, the following are prohibited during the January 9 to June 8 election period:
*Transfer or movement of officers and employees in the civil service;
*Bearing, carrying or transporting firearms or other deadly weapons, unless authorized in writing by the Commission;
*Use of security personnel or bodyguards by candidate unless authorized in writing by the Commission; and
*Suspension of elective local officials.*