Commission on Elections chairperson George Garcia said in a briefing that these individuals may face criminal and administrative charges.
People fill their ballot papers before casting their votes at a polling station during the nationwide village and youth representative elections in Manila on October 30, 2023.MANILA, Philippines — The country’s poll body warned Tuesday that people responsible for delays in delivering election materials and proclaiming the winners of village polls will be held accountable and face charges.
Election materials for two barangays in Calbayog City in Samar were not also delivered on time after an alleged attack by “insurgents,” Garcia also reported. Elections in those villages were instead conducted Tuesday. The commission will also file cases against an unidentified mayor in the Bicol region for delaying the proclamation of barangay and SK election winners.
Comelec described the long-delayed village and youth polls as “generally peaceful” despite pockets of violence, mostly in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert...
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