Islamic City of Marawi (29 April) -- In response to the reports that the voters' list in Lanao del Sur is padded with flying voters and multiple registrants, the Joint Security Control Center and Task Force Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Elections (HOPE) in the province launched a campaign against flying voters to ensure honest and orderly elections.
According the BGen. Rey C. Ardo, commanding officer of the 103rd brigade, the campaign aims to discourage flying voters from exercising their malicious deeds of corrupting the election process in the province.
Ardo said they prepared campaign materials such as flyers which will be distributed to the public and tarpaulins which will be placed in strategic locations for the voters to take notice.
"The tarpaulins will be placed in various checkpoints and along roads especially those roads going to the province," he further said.
"These tarpaulins will be seen by voters as they enter the province from Iligan City and from Cotabato City," Ardo added.
During the launching, campaign advertisement for television and radio stations was also distributed to broadcast media to assist the JSCC in the advocacy.
A makeshift jail which serves as a temporary jail for flying voters was likewise shown to the media.
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Election Director Atty, Remlane M. Tambuang stressed that the punishment for apprehended flying voters includes imprisonment for a minimum of one (1) year to six (6) years, disqualification from holding public office and suspension of the right to vote.
Ardo meanwhile urged NGOs and other stakeholders to help in the advocacy to reduce the possibility of fraud in the conduct of elections in this part of the country.
He also appealed to the public to report suspected flying voters to the JSCC.
We are deputized by the Commission on Elections for security purposes and we will continue to perform such role to ensure the honest, orderly and peaceful conduct of elections here in Lanao del Sur, Ardo stressed
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