Manila, March 6 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday urged incumbent officials seeking reelection in the May 12 midterm polls to remove their images from local government unit (LGU) projects.

Comelec Chairman George Garcia said such an act would be considered election propaganda which would be prohibited once the campaign period for local posts starts on March 28.

"In such instances, they won't be simple announcement of local projects but can be considered as campaign materials with the name of candidates and are influencing the voters," he said in a media forum in Manila.

"We request local candidates that are now incumbents to remove your pictures, at least. While their names can't be avoided as they are indeed the inc...