In a press briefing at Camp Crame on Monday, Police General Oscar Albayalde said 62 sacks of rice and 22 trays of eggs were seized apart from the P12,208,958 cash confiscated during operations against vote buying nationwide. ADVERTISEMENTHe said 50 sacks of rice were confiscated in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and another 12 in Soccsksargen, while the trays of eggs were seized in Calabarzon. A total of 356 individuals, both vote sellers and vote sellers, were arrested from 225 incidents of vote buying as of May 14, Albayalde said. “We thank the public for engaging our call to actively report vote buying and selling incidents which was a big help. However, these have refused to identify candidates who told them to buy votes, Albayalde said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 20, 2019 04:30 UTC