BY: JOEL P. MAPILES
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO --- Attorney Temie Lambino, provincial election supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), is urging the more than 1 million voters of Pampanga to go out and fully exercise their right to suffrage.
The provincial election officer said that in exercising the right to suffrage, it’s not enough that the electorates are registered. The most important thing, he said, is their participation as voters in today’s national elections.
Lambino said his advice to the people is to vote wisely and conscientiously because their votes would spell the future of the country in the next years to come.
However, he reminded the electorate not to resort to selling their votes, because if this happens, it’s like selling the future of the country and their children’s future.
He also reminded the candidates not to engage in vote-buying because if they do so, they may face charges of violating the Omnibus Election Code.
Instead, Lambino said the electorates and the candidates should give their active participation in protecting the sanctity of ballots and help make the elections clean, peaceful orderly and with integrity.
Meanwhile, he said that yesterday was the last day of PCOS machine testing as the machines and CF cards were already delivered by eight forwarders in all polling centers through the assistance of the Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police who have been securing the polling centers since May 3.
Lambino said the Comelec is now ready for today’s elections, including the board of election inspectors and other personnel.
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