An election lawyer has decried what he said was the commercialization this early of the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines next year.

“It is sad to note that the entire stretch of EDSA [in Metro Manila] and other areas are now practically plastered with billboards of some commercial establishments with their companies’ logos under the pretext of ‘welcoming the Pope’s visit,’” Romulo Macalintal said in a statement on Wednesday.

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