CEBU CITY, Philippines — Militant groups in Cebu called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to form an independent investigating body that will look into the technical glitches during the
Cebu chapter members of various partylists belonging to the Makabayan bloc in Congress staged a picket rally in front of the regional office of the Comelec in Cebu City on Wednesday, June 5.
The groups symbolically padlocked the doors of the regional office with paper-made chains to condemn the poll body’s “failure” to uphold a clean and fair election. “This is our expression of disappointment for the failure of the Comelec to show credible and fair elections. We demand that the Comelec make the necessary response to address these concerns especially that the next elections would be the presidential elections,” Ruiz said.
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