Newly elected officials told to submit SOCE
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed newly-elected and re-elected candidates to submit their statements of poll contributions and expenses to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) by June 9.
DILG City Director Rhoderick M. Dawis said the elected officials are required to submit their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) to the COMELEC before they will be allowed to assume office and to submit a certification to the DILG that they have complied with their obligation on or before June 17.
Republic Act (RA) No. 7166, otherwise known as “Synchronized National and Local Elections and for Electoral Reforms Act” further provides that “Every candidate and treasurer of the political party shall, within 30 days after the day of the election, file in duplicate with the offices of the Comelec the full, true and itemized statement of all contributions and expenditures in connection with the election.
Dawis added that winning candidates are also required to present a Certification from Comelec that he or she has satisfactorily complied with his or her obligation under Section 14 of RA No. 7166 by filing his or her SOCE with the Comelec.
“In the absence of this certification, winning candidates cannot execute his or her duties as elected official pursuant to the provision of the law,” he said. (CIO)
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