“Let’s not discriminate against senior citizens, pregnant women, persons with disability (PWDs), and indigenous peoples (IPs) who should be given the option to mail in their votes,” Marcos said. In recent Senate hearings, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) supported mail-in voting while the Philippine Postal System (PPS) expressed confidence in handling the necessary logistics, she added. “The logistical challenges of voting by mail should not deter us from pushing our democratic processes forward,” Marcos asserted. Drilon however is apprehensive that the Philippines is ready for mail-in voting. “I am not so keen nor am I convinced that our system can adapt to a mail-in voting system.”, he said in an online interview.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 10, 2020 10:18 UTC