Comelec receives 4 stories of vote shopping for

 

MANILA, Philippines — The Committee on Kontra Bigay (CKB) of the Fee on Elections (Comelec) acquired 4 stories of vote shopping for in 4 provinces forward of the 2025 midterm elections,  the election physique stated on Friday. 

Comelec Commissioner Ernesto Maceda Jr., CKB commissioner-in-charge, revealed to the media that the committee is now investigating vote shopping for stories from Misamis Oriental, Apayao, Negros Occidental, and Baguio.

“Proper now, mga stories yan na umabot sa amin by way of the grievance facilities at hindi naman po namin pwedeng maaksyunan till maverify yan,” Maceda stated in an ambush interview. 

(Proper now, we acquired stories by way of the grievance facilities and we will’t act on them but till they’re verified.)

Maceda shared that a number of the stories are have pictures of the alleged vote-buying incidents. They additionally acquired a media report from Baguio the place an incumbent party-list group’s  first nominee was seen distributing P100.

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He, nonetheless, stated that the committee remains to be verifying the stories.

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“We act on verified stories. We want to have the ability to try this para walang masabing di sumunod sa tamang proseso (to say that we comply with the suitable course of),” Maceda identified.

Maceda likewise  stated that even with out the presence of complaints, the committee can instantly subject a present trigger order on vote shopping for allegations recorded on social media. 

 The CKB, relaunched final February 8, is tasked to implement strict mechanisms to fight vote-buying, vote-selling, and abuse of state sources (ASR) for the 2025 elections.

Based on Comelec Decision No. 11104, the committee is permitted to “[f]acilitate the submitting of acceptable grievance for election offense or disqualification of candidates for vote-buying and vote-selling, or acts constituting ASR in elections, with the Legislation Division of the Fee or Clerk of the Fee, respectively.”

Maceda additionally recalled an incident within the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections the place the Comelec didn’t permit erring winners from assuming their posts.