MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, June 9 (PIA) -- Recognizing that an informed and engaged citizenry is a crucial component of ensuring an honest, orderly, and peaceful elections, stakeholders in the province has cited the need to intensify efforts to raise public awareness on new electoral policies.
Massive awareness on electoral reforms was one of the recommendations pushed by members of the Lanao del Sur Peoples’ Council during a consultative meeting on Wednesday with officials of the local Commission on Elections (COMELEC) headed by Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Nasib Yasin.
The meeting was held after the Senate and the House of Representatives in a Joint Resolution resolved to annul the book of voters of the municipalities and cities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and directed the COMELEC to immediately conduct a new general registration of voters in the region.
During the meeting, the council also urged the COMELEC to engage the participation of the religious sector or the Ulama in the information campaign.
Another recommendation was to augment the current police and military forces in the province to provide security during the registration period which according to Yasin is scheduled this coming July 9 to 18.
The setting-up of checkpoints in strategic areas to avoid flying registrants was likewise pushed during the consultation.
Meanwhile, Yasin told the group that he has directed all Election Officers in the province to submit the list of clustering areas adopted during the last local elections to serve as guide, and that if there are some changes to be made in the clustering for some justifiable reasons, it should be specified in the report.
He further disclosed that during the general registration, each cluster area will be provided with voters’ registration machine at the ratio of 1,700 expected applicants per machine.
The Provincial Election Supervisor also emphasized that the conduct of general registration is another step towards the clean and honest elections.
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