200 Baguio students protest midterm election anomalies

Students from three Baguio colleges gathered on May 14, 2019 at the UP campus to denounce cheating and anomalies during the elections on May 13, 2019. PHOTOS by EV Espiritu/Inquirer Northern Luzon

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — As many as 200 students from three Baguio universities gathered at the UP campus here on Tuesday to protest reported anomalies and cheating during the May 13 midterm elections.

Wielding posters that denounce poll cheating, the students from the University of the Philippines Baguio, Saint Louis University, and the University of the Cordilleras staged the rally at around 6:30 p.m.

“Labanan ang dayaan at atake sa mamamayan (Combat cheating and all attacks committed against the citizenry)” some of the posters on display read, while others focused on the “looming dictatorship.”

The rally took place hours after new leaders and reelected officials were proclaimed winners at the PFVR Gymnasium here which served as election canvassing center for Baguio. (Editor: Eden Estopace)

PHOTO by EV Espiritu/Inquirer Northern Luzon