1/4/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly Personal campaigning of candidates shall be subject to the laws of the host country. All forms of campaigning within the thirty (30)[-]day voting period shall be prohibited. (Emphasis supplied) What is more, while Section 64 thereof provides for specific rules on campaigning, it absolutely prohibits engagement in partisan political activities within our jurisdiction (embassies, consulates, and other foreign service establishments), not only during the voting period, but even during the campaign period, or simply during the entire election period, viz.: ART. 64. Specific rules on campaigning. - The following rules shall apply during the campaign period, including the day of the election: 1) The "port courtesies" that embassies, consulates and other foreign service establishments may extend to candidates shall not go beyond welcoming them at the airport and providing them with briefing materials about the host country, and shall at all times be subject to the availability of the personnel and funding for these activities. 2) The embassies, consulates and other foreign service establishments shall continue to assist candidates engaged in official Philippine government activities at the host country and in making the representations with the host government. 3) Members of the Foreign Service Corps may attend public social/civic/religious affairs where candidates may also be present, provided that these officers and employees do not take part in the solicitation of votes and do not express public support for candidates. 4) While nothing in the Overseas Voting Act of 2003 as amended shall be deemed to prohibit free discussion regarding politics or candidates for public office, members of the Foreign Service Corps cannot publicly endorse any candidate or political party nor take part in activities involving such public endorsement. 5) No partisan political activity shall be allowed within the premises of the embassy, consulate and other foreign service establishment. 6) Government-sponsored or permitted information dissemination activities shall be strictly non-partisan and cannot be conducted where a candidate is present. 7) A Member of the Foreign Service Corps cannot be asked to directly organize any meeting in behalf of a party or candidate, or assist in organizing or act as liaison in organizing any such meeting. The prohibition shall apply to all meetings - social, civic, religious meetings - where a candidate is present. (Emphases supplied) https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65669 14/60