Ni Charissa M. Luci-Atienza

Nangako ang chairman ng House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms kahapoin na sisilipin ang iniulat na paggamit ng mga pekeng address ng registered voters sa mga lungsod ng Pasay at Maynila.

Sinabi ni Citizens Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) party-list Rep. Sherwin Tugna na magsasagawa ng imbestigasyon ang kanyang panel sa umano’y electoral fraud sa pagbabalik ng sesyon ng Kamara sa Mayo 15.

“As Chairman of the Committee on Suffrage and an advocate of an honest elections, I will personally look into this once Congress resumes,” aniya sa isang panayam matapos hilingin ni Samar Rep. Edgar Mary Sarmiento ang congressional probe sa iniulat na balita ng flying voters sa Pasay City at Manila City.

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“If this is true, this is a mockery of the electoral system,” ani Tugna.

Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala si Sarmiento na mayroong kahina-hinalang pangyayari sa likod ng idineklarang mga address ng 1,458 registered voters sa Pasay City.

“One of the allegations states that the location of an LRT station was supposedly used as an address. It was also asserted that an address was used by 330 registered voters when the occupant of the building claims that there were only 20 registered voters residing in it,” aniya.

“Another 207 registered voters were identified to have used the office building of a cell phone company as their address. In addition, there were 224 registered voters who used the address of a bed spacing facility when it only housed 30 registered voters. Last but not the least, there were 260 registered voters who gave the same address as the house of a barangay captain, “ aniya.

Mayroon ding mga alegasyon na 161 katao ang nagsabing sila ay mga residente ng Binondo, ngunit sa katunayan ay taga- Navotas City.

Sinabi ni Sarmiento na nakatakda na ang imbestigasyon ng Kamara sa mga alegasyon ng electoral fraud at hiniling niya sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) na magpatupad ng mahihigpit na hakbang sa voter registration at verification.