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60 Ateneo L.J. 314 (2015-2016)
The Limits of Power: The COMELEC's Contemporary Regulatory Power over Electoral Campaign and Expenditure

handle is hein.journals/ateno60 and id is 311 raw text is: The Limits of Power: The COMELEC's Contemporary Regulatory Power over Electoral Campaign and Expenditure Kenneth Paul T. Cajigal* I. PRICIS ....................................... ......314 II. BACKGROUND ................................................. 315 III. THE REGULATION OF ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA - GMA NETWORK, INC. V. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS ................l..................317 A. The Case B. The Ratio C. A Critique D. The Implications IV. THE FINANCIAL REGULATION OF ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN EJERCITO V. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS........................328 A. The Case B. The Ratio C. A Critique D. The Implications V. SIGNS OF THINGS TO COME?................................336 VI. CONCLUSION ..................................................339 I. PRtCIS The theory of elections stems from social contract' - that the government is elected to serve with the end-in-view of providing its constituency with programs that promote the common good.2 Imperative in ensuring compliance with the terms of this social contract is to ensure that the means by which this contract is entered into - elections - are conducted in a * '18 J.D. cand., Ateneo de Manila University School of Law. Member, Board of Editors, Ateneo Lawjournal. The Author was the Associate Lead Editor of the fourth issue of the 59th volume of the Journal. Cite as 60 ATENEO L.J. 314 (2015). I. See James Kanyip, Social or Political Contract: The Difference Between Vote and Mandate, available at http://www.ce-dra.org/social-or-political-contract- the-difference-between-vote-and-mandate/ (last accessed July 29, 2015). 2. Id. Digitized from Best Copy Available