MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 16 (PIA) -- A total of 214,218 individuals have filed their application for registration with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of July 13, after five days of conduct of the general voters’ registration in the province.
COMELEC Commissioner Armando Velasco said the biggest turnout was recorded in Binidayan town with 65 percent, from the previous figure of 8,345 to 5,461 registrants as of Friday, July 13. This was followed by Calanogas town with 60 percent turnout or about 3,770 registrants.
Marawi City, on the other hand, posted a turnout rate of 39 percent with 26,419 registrants compared to the previous record of 66,988 voters.
Velasco said although they encountered some problems, the conduct of the registration, as a whole, went on smoothly.
He said some registration centers failed to function in the earlier days of the registration due to unexpected incidents, but as of press time, all the registration centers are now functioning.
Meanwhile, Lanao del Sur provincial Police Dir. Romeo Magsalos reported that the conduct of registration in the entire province was relatively peaceful as compared to registrations in previous years.
We have noted some shooting incidents and other registration-related violence but we are still on top of the situation, he assured.
He said they have enhanced their strategies and are now more vigilant in doing their mandate in terms of securing the election officers and the voters registration machines.
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