COMELEC has NO LEGAL BASIS to regulate EXPRESSIONS made by PRIVATE CITIZENS

"Respondents cite the Constitution, laws, and jurisprudence to support their position that they had the power to regulate the tarpaulin. However, all of these provisions pertain to CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL PARTIES. Petitioners are NOT CANDIDATES. Neither do they belong to any political party. COMELEC does not have the authority to regulate the enjoyment of the PREFERRED RIGHT to FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION exercised by a NON-CANDIDATE in this case."


Read :

THE DIOCESE OF BACOLOD, REPRESENTED BY THE MOST REV. BISHOP VICENTE M. NAVARRA and THE BISHOP HIMSELF IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY, Petitioners,

vs.

COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE ELECTION OFFICER OF BACOLOD CITY, ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, Respondents.

EN BANC, G.R. No. 205728, January 21, 2015