SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon warned the Commission on Elections that biases may pose serious threats to the integrity and credibility of the elections in May.

Because of this, the senator called on the poll body to refrain from engaging in partisan politics.

“The credibility of the 2022 national and local elections relies on the ability of the Comelec to properly execute the election laws. I would like to remind the agency of its constitutional mandate to ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections,” Drilon said.

The senator said he is alarmed by reports of abuses and partisanship in Comelec’s “Oplan Baklas.”

“It reeks of partisan politics. Any appearance of bias and partiality may cast a dark cloud over the credibility of the election process,” Drilon stressed.

“Does the Comelec also intend to remove faces of candidates plastered on commercial buses and billboards along EDSA? The same principle applies as these are also private properties but exposed to the public,” he added.

Drilon reminded election officers to not dip their fingers in partisan politics.

“Let us maintain the nonpartisan nature of election officers. They must shun politics at all costs. Otherwise, the credibility of the elections, most particularly the presidential election will suffer,” he said.