MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 2 (PIA) -- Local chief executives here called on the Maranao people to support the “One Person, One Register, One Vote” advocacy.
Provincial Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. said this campaign aims for a credible, clean, and honest registration and elections for the betterment of the province.
In yesterday’s "Line Agencies Reportorial Show" attended by representatives of various line agencies in the province, Adiong emphasized that a way for good governance to prosper in the province is for the Maranao electorate to have a will to support the conduct of a clean registration of voters.
The same call was reiterated by Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) officer-in-charge Governor Mujiv Hataman, who was the keynote speaker of the program, emphasizing that governance starts with registration.
“Huwag kayong pumayag na mapasukan ng hindi taga-Lanao del Sur, papayag ba kayo na magkaroon ng lider na inihalal nang hindi taga-Lanao del Sur? Dapat kung sino ang taga-Lanao del Sur ay sila lang ang may karapatang maghalal ng lider sa Lanao del Sur (Do not allow non-residents of Lanao del Sur to elect the leader of Lanao del Sur. Would you allow that? It must residents here who will have the right to vote for their own leader),” he urged.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has earlier announced that a general registration of voters will be held from July 9 to 18 in the entire ARMM.
COMELEC Commissioner Armando Velasco, in his recent visit in the province, disclosed that the filing of application for registration shall be held at the Office of the Election Officer or in the designated registration centers from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the scheduled dates.
He said that applicants, who are at least 18 years of age on or before the May 13, 2012 elections and residents of the country for at least one year, and in the place where they propose to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the May 13, 2013 elections must personally apply and present valid identification documents.
However, he clarified that community tax certificates or cedula and certifications issued by barangay officials will not be honored as valid identification documents.
Velasco also emphasized that no application for transfer of registration from non-ARMM to any ARMM city or municipality will be entertained at the registration centers.
The application for transfer of a voter’s registration record from non-ARMM to an ARMM area shall be personally filed at the Office of the Election Officer only, he added.
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