THE Inter-agency Council for Traffic (IACT) on Sunday announced preventive measures to counter vehicles ferrying “hakot” or flying voters for the Barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) Elections on Monday, May 14. Transportation (DoTr) Undersecretary Tim Orbos said IACT would intensify its operations to check “colorum” (unregistered or illegal) vehicles being used to transport flying voters or voters who ‘fly’ to certain areas to vote despite being already registered in another place especially for tomorrow’s polls. “It is high time for out-of-line and colorum vehicles to stop being used for ‘hakot’ voters to ensure honest, orderly and peaceful elections,” said Orbos, who also heads IACT. “We will also make sure no candidate will be spared, particularly those who will use colorum vehicles for their personal advantage,” Orbos said. Orbos encouraged public participation in fully eradicating vehicles being used in illegal activities and report on IACT’s Facebook page or call Transport Action Center Hotline 7890 to report those transporting flying voters.

Source: Manila Times May 13, 2018 10:07 UTC