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LOOK: This vandal reads 'BBM for pres' on a pink wall which initially had a pro-Leni Robredo-Kiko Pangilinan mural by the Youth for Leni volunteers in Echague, Isabela | @gleefjalea

📸 Youth for Leni - Isabela

@gleefjalea The group repainted the wall pink after uniformed authorities covered up the mural — a move which they equated to 'trespassing, defacement, and vandalism of private property' amid the 'Operation Baklas' campaign | @gleefjalea

📸 Youth for Leni - Isabela

Comelec spox James Jimenez told CNN Philippines' The Source that murals are not technically included in Reso 1730, the IRR of the Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act.

A quick look into the reso shows that only the ff election materials are covered: | @gleefjalea

@gleefjalea But why was the mural covered up in the first place?

Jimenez says: The mural itself acted like a poster...As far as the Comelec officer was concerned, it deserved the same treatment and gave it the same treatment subject to the consent of the property owner. | @gleefjalea

Did the officers really seek consent before painting over the mural?

A member of Youth for Leni-Isabela tells us: The consent was given after binantaang kasuhan and the owner of the property was outnumbered. | @gleefjalea

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