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The Commission on Elections announced Wednesday that it will hold special elections in some barangays in three municipalities in Lanao del Sur after violence and missing ballots led to a declaration of failure of elections there.
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on Wednesday flagged several issues in the 2022 Philippine general elections, including the technical problems involving the vote counting machines (VCMs), cases of alleged vote-buying, and the delayed resolution of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s disqualification cases.
SNATCHED VCM/BALLOTS. Some of the items left at one of the polling precincts in Bayabao Central School in the municipality of Butig after unidentified men took away the vote counting machines and ballots intended for Barangay Ragayan on May 9 polls. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday (May 12, 2022) declared "failure of elections" in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Apipa Bagumbaran of PIA Lanao del Sur) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday declared "failure of elections...
SNATCHED VCM/BALLOTS. Some of the items left at one of the polling precincts in Bayabao Central School in the municipality of Butig after unidentified men took away the vote counting machines and ballots intended for Barangay Ragayan on May 9 polls. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday (May 12, 2022) declared "failure of elections" in the municipalities of Tubaran, Binidayan, and Butig in the province of Lanao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Apipa Bagumbaran of PIA Lanao del Sur) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday declared "failure of elections...
"A careful review of the Motions for Reconsideration reveals that they failed to raise new matters that would warrant the reversal of the Assailed Resolution," the decision reads, adding that the motions "merely contain rehash of the Petitioners' assertions and arguments."