Raps set over registration of voters in mayors house
January 7, 2001 | 12:00am
BALAGTAS, Bulacan The vice mayor of this town sought the removal from office of municipal Commission on Elections officer, lawyer Zoilo Reyes, following reports that a special registration of voters was held yesterday at the house of Balagtas Mayor Reynaldo Castro.
Upon hearing reports from residents of Barangay Borol 2nd, Vice Mayor Emmanuel Galvez immediately looked for a witness and formally filed his complaint with the Provincial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau at Camp Alejo Santos in Malolos town yesterday afternoon.
Galvez claimed that there had been a conspiracy between Reyes and Castro to hold the said "special registration" in the latters house.
He added that such registrations are considered illegal and is a violation of the Omnibus Election Code since the Comelec had ruled that registrations should be held at the municipal halls of every town.
The vice mayor said he cannot recall any Comelec ruling on the extension of voters registration, from its deadline last Dec. 27.
Earlier, Comelec chairman Harriet Demetriou issued a resolution en banc declaring July 1 to Dec. 27 as the date of registration of all qualified voters for the May 2001 elections.
Galvez said the Comelec has not yet extended the registration period and claimed that what Reyes and Castro did was a defiance of the Comelec rules.
The STAR asked a woman who came out of Castros house and she said there was only one person who registered on that day. She claimed that what happened inside the mayors house was a verification of the voters list, which Galvez still claims is illegal.
A certain Willy Magbitang, the mayors neighbor, confirmed that there were people who came out from the mayors house with ink marks on their fingers. It was believed that these people had registered inside the mayors house because of the said ink marks.
Castro was unavailable for comment as of press time. James Mananghaya
Upon hearing reports from residents of Barangay Borol 2nd, Vice Mayor Emmanuel Galvez immediately looked for a witness and formally filed his complaint with the Provincial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau at Camp Alejo Santos in Malolos town yesterday afternoon.
Galvez claimed that there had been a conspiracy between Reyes and Castro to hold the said "special registration" in the latters house.
He added that such registrations are considered illegal and is a violation of the Omnibus Election Code since the Comelec had ruled that registrations should be held at the municipal halls of every town.
The vice mayor said he cannot recall any Comelec ruling on the extension of voters registration, from its deadline last Dec. 27.
Earlier, Comelec chairman Harriet Demetriou issued a resolution en banc declaring July 1 to Dec. 27 as the date of registration of all qualified voters for the May 2001 elections.
Galvez said the Comelec has not yet extended the registration period and claimed that what Reyes and Castro did was a defiance of the Comelec rules.
The STAR asked a woman who came out of Castros house and she said there was only one person who registered on that day. She claimed that what happened inside the mayors house was a verification of the voters list, which Galvez still claims is illegal.
A certain Willy Magbitang, the mayors neighbor, confirmed that there were people who came out from the mayors house with ink marks on their fingers. It was believed that these people had registered inside the mayors house because of the said ink marks.
Castro was unavailable for comment as of press time. James Mananghaya
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