Campaign contributions by corporations are absolutely illegal

The response to my query about the legality and ethics of San Miguel Corporation’s lending or renting of its planes and helicopters to Grace Poe in the current election campaign (“Offputting commercials in GMA debate broadcast,” Times, 25 February 2015) was swift and unequivocal.

I have learned and I have been told that both the Corporation Code of the Philippines and the Omnibus Election Code declare that political contributions by corporations are absolutely illegal.