Comelec confident May 13 polls will ‘push through as planned’

MANILA, Philippines — With just five days before the May 13 elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured that the midterm polls will push through as scheduled.

“There have been few issues that arose during the past few days, so those have been addressed,” Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez said Wednesday during the launch of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting’s (PPCRV) command center for the elections.

“With less than a week to go, we’re pretty confident that the elections will push through as planned, that the elections will be generally peaceful and that we are ready to receive more than 61 million voters on election day,” he added.

Earlier, the poll body official said they are ready to respond to any last-minute problem they may encounter during the midterm polls.

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Currently, the Comelec is conducting the final testing and sealing of the vote-counting machines that will be used in the elections.

Meanwhile, Comelec Commissioner Luie Tito Guia claimed that “no election is perfect” but the poll body, together with its partners, will “make sure that we will be able to address all the issues that will prompt up.”

He also reiterated that the upcoming election is not for any candidate but for the people to exercise their democratic right. /ee

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