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Former deputy administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Mocha Uson has asked the Commission on Elections to look into alleged issues regarding former vice president and senatorial candidate Jejomar Binay’s fitness to run for office.

Over 1,000 police officers in Metro Manila were deployed yesterday to augment the 24,000 personnel tasked to secure the May 9 general elections, the National Capital Region Police Office said.

“You shall have unimpeded access to the electoral process subject only to such conditions necessary for the protection of our Comelec personnel and property, as well as the protection of privileged information,” Pangarungan said.

The entire province of Misamis Occidental and Pilar town in Abra have been placed under the control of the Commission on Elections amid threats to security in the May 9 polls.

Know your rights and protect your votes as a candidate, watcher, lawyer, voter or as an ordinary citizen when you vote on May 9 up to the time candidates are proclaimed, and even beyond when irregularities are questioned!

The Commission on Elections is confident that the voting process will run smoothly as it undertakes the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines before the May 9 elections.

"Unfortunately, despite the online troubleshooting by the Commission on Elections and Consulate personnel, the technical issue involving said VCM could not be resolved," the consulate general said. 

Survey firms are not prohibited from publishing survey results close to election day, the Commission on Elections yesterday said.

An additional 100 soldiers have been deployed in Malabang, Lanao del Sur, which has been placed under the control of the Commission on Elections.

The Comelec has practically relinquished control of Election 2022 to its foreign tech supplier.