MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 15 (PIA) -- A boarding
house owner within the Mindanao State University (MSU)
campus is facing charges for allegedly coercing students
to register under fictitious Maranao names during the
third day of the general voters’ registration, here.
This was disclosed by 103rd Brigade Commander Col.
Daniel Lucero in a press conference July 14, saying that
they are preparing the legal documents to file appropriate
charges against the boarding house owner.
On Wednesday, around 30 non-Maranao freshmen and
sophomore students of the university aired a complaint
against the said owner who warned them to vacate the
boarding house if they will not follow him.
This kind of intimidation was also experienced by other
students from other boarding houses situated within
the MSU campus as per report received by the army's
103rd Infantry Brigade.
According to Lucero, documents are now being readied
to file charges against these people because such
action can be considered an election offense.
In a related development, a crackdown on passenger
jeeps and vans suspected of ferrying fictitious
registrants was continuously conducted at several
checkpoints since military forces intensified its
checkpoint operations.
Lucero said they have monitored an influx of alleged and
suspected flying registrants. “We have intercepted
vehicles and flagged down several suspected people from
other areas entering the province to register, but after
giving them warning of the possible charges, they went
back to their respective places,” he added.
The 10-day general voters’ registration in the entire
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which
include the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur,
Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, as well as the cities of
Marawi and Lamitan started last July 9 and will end on
July 18.
As of 9:41 a.m. Saturday, a total of 245,525 individuals
in the province have submitted their respective applications
for registration to the poll body. (APB-PIA 10)
house owner within the Mindanao State University (MSU)
campus is facing charges for allegedly coercing students
to register under fictitious Maranao names during the
third day of the general voters’ registration, here.
This was disclosed by 103rd Brigade Commander Col.
Daniel Lucero in a press conference July 14, saying that
they are preparing the legal documents to file appropriate
charges against the boarding house owner.
On Wednesday, around 30 non-Maranao freshmen and
sophomore students of the university aired a complaint
against the said owner who warned them to vacate the
boarding house if they will not follow him.
This kind of intimidation was also experienced by other
students from other boarding houses situated within
the MSU campus as per report received by the army's
103rd Infantry Brigade.
According to Lucero, documents are now being readied
to file charges against these people because such
action can be considered an election offense.
In a related development, a crackdown on passenger
jeeps and vans suspected of ferrying fictitious
registrants was continuously conducted at several
checkpoints since military forces intensified its
checkpoint operations.
Lucero said they have monitored an influx of alleged and
suspected flying registrants. “We have intercepted
vehicles and flagged down several suspected people from
other areas entering the province to register, but after
giving them warning of the possible charges, they went
back to their respective places,” he added.
The 10-day general voters’ registration in the entire
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which
include the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur,
Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, as well as the cities of
Marawi and Lamitan started last July 9 and will end on
July 18.
As of 9:41 a.m. Saturday, a total of 245,525 individuals
in the province have submitted their respective applications
for registration to the poll body. (APB-PIA 10)
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