Sumulat ang Gabriela Women's Party sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) upang paimbestigahan ang umano’y mga iregularidad na nangyari sa 2025 midterm elections.
Sa isang pahayag nitong Biyernes, Mayo 16, nanawagan ang Gabriela ng manwal na bilangan ng boto dahil sa hindi raw maipaliwanag na mahigit 49,000 na nawala sa kanilang natanggap na boto sa isinagawang eleksyon noong Lunes, Mayo 12.
“On May 12, 2025, as the National Elections commenced, votes were cast and promptly began to be tallied and ranked. At 2:03 AM, the Gabriela Women's Party had garnered 252,562 votes, according to data from COMELEC's transparency media server. However, by 2:20 AM, this number had inexplicably decreased by 49,614 votes,” anang Gabriela.
“This unexplained reduction raises serious concerns about the integrity and transparency of the electoral process. If votes for a sectoral party representing women and other vulnerable sectors can simply vanish without explanation, it risks disenfranchising not only the candidates but the countless women and marginalized communities whose voices they seek to represent,” dagdag nito.
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Bukod dito, binanggit ng Gabriela ang datos mula sa National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) kung saan nagkaroon umano ng 18,499,817 na hindi nabilang na mga boto dahil sa overcounting, at 3,315,487 daw sa mga ito ang partylist overvotes.
“Such discrepancies significantly impact the overall partylist election results, thereby disenfranchising millions of voters and distorting the genuine representation that marginalized sectors such as women rightfully deserve,” giit ng Gabriela.
“All of these election-related anomalies are exacerbated by systematic red-tagging and vilification targeting GWP, its representative, leaders, members, and supporters throughout the campaign period and 2025 elections. These persistent attacks against women were reported through several complaints compiled and filed before the Commission,” dagdag pa nito.
Base sa tally ng Comelec nitong Sabado, Mayo 17, nasa ika-55 na puwesto ang Gabriela na may mahigit 255,000 na boto. Dahil dito, nanganganib na hindi magkaroon ng puwesto ang party-list sa 20th Congress.
“At the core of all of these, we urge the COMELEC to take action on the sustained and coordinated efforts to undermine the voice of women, children, and LGBTQIA+ in Congress,” panawagan ng Gabriela.
“The credibility of our democratic processes is at stake. The women who rely on GWP to advocate for their rights in Congress must not be silenced by system errors and targeted attacks,” saad pa nito.
