The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is about to go to the municipality of Kalayaan in Palawan in a bid to extend the voter registration within the space, Comelec Chairman George Garcia stated Tuesday.
“Plano rin pong pumunta ng Komisyon sa Kalayaan Island ngayong January 14 para i-highlight ang registration ng ating mga kababayan hindi lamang sa mga lugar na nakikita ng lahat, kung hindi kahit sa mga lugar katulad ng Kalayaan Island,” he stated.
(The Commission is planning to go to Kalayaan Island on January 14 to spotlight the registration of our countrymen who’re in distant areas.)
Apart from Kalayaan, the Comelec additionally intends to go to different distant islands akin to Batanes and Tawi-Tawi, Garcia stated.
“Ito ay para mas maitaas natin ‘yung antas ng kaalaman ng mga kababayan natin na magparehistro sila at i-avail lalong lalo na ‘yung Register Anywhere Program (RAP) natin,” he stated.
(This go to goals to extend the extent of consciousness of our countrymen concerning the want for them to register and for them to avail of our Register Anywhere program.)
When requested why they selected Kalayaan, Garcia stated the Comelec wished to point out that the physique provides significance to areas which have a lesser variety of voters.
“Sabihin na natin na hindi gano’n kadami ang mga kababayan natin ano. Pero that is very symbolic on the part of the Commission on Elections to prove that we can register anywhere, all Filipinos kahit sa Kalayaan Islands,” he stated.
(We can say there will not be so a lot of our countrymen there. But that may be very symbolic on the a part of the Commission on Elections as a result of we need to show that we will register all Filipinos wherever, even on Kalayaan Islands.)
Garcia stated they’ll use a Philippine Air Force airplane going to Kalayaan and there’s already ongoing coordination with authorities who will help them throughout their go to.
The voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) began on December 12, 2022 and can finish on January 31, 2023.
Registrants might go to the workplace of the election officer or satellite tv for pc registration websites of their areas from Monday to Saturday, together with holidays, from 8 a.m. to five p.m.
The Register Anywhere Project in the meantime runs from December 17, 2022 to January 25, 2023.
The BSKE was speculated to be held in December 2022 however was moved to October 2023. —KG, GMA Integrated News
