COTABATO CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared that the three-day Bangsamoro Special Satellite Registration at Camp Darapanan, the headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Sultan Kudarat, and here in this city was a major success. Director James Jimenez, Comelec spokesman, told The Manila Times that speaking specifically of his Cotabato experience, where he personally supervised the special voter’s registration, the registrants were very patient and cooperative, which contributed greatly to the orderly conduct of registration. Jimenez said over the last three days, the Cotabato special registration team served 1,821 applicants, including numerous former MILF combatants who, despite lacking formal identification papers, were allowed to register. The Comelec spokesman said there were many more who wish to register, but, considering there were thousands of them, not all were able to register. He, however, gave the assurance that those who failed to register during the three-day Bangsamoro Sattelite Registration can still be accommodated at local Comelec offices where voter registration will continue until September 29, Monday to Saturday, inclusive of holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Loading...

Source: Manila Times September 15, 2018 16:18 UTC