Less physical, and more digital.
This will be the trend the Commission on Election (Comelec) is anticipating once the campaign period for the 2022 National and Local polls start amid the novel coronavirus disease (Covid) pandemic.
In a television interview on Tuesday, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez disclosed restrictions on movement as well as mass gathering are still expected to be in place during the campaign period due to the prolonged effects of the pandemic.
“The necessity of people going out to the street, distributing campaign materials, or going out talking to people face-to-face for campaign purposes, that is going to change. It might even be prohibited,” Jimenez said.
The actual prohibition of face-to-face campaign, he said, will depend on the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF).
As replacement to the traditional mode of campaign, the Jimenez said candidates may rely more on virtual means to promote themselves to voters.
He noted Comelec may even actually promote the said online platforms for campaigning to prevent further spread of infection.
However, the poll official said this may prompt Comelec to impose additional restriction and regulation in the use of digital platforms to ensure it will not be abused by candidates.
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