Palace: Vote right on Monday

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte: Vote right. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang exhorted Filipinos to vote right on Monday and assured them of peaceful and blackout-free elections.

President Aquino is expected to vote in his home province of Tarlac and then monitor the conduct of the elections across the country.

“We reiterate our appeal: Go out and vote. Exercise your right to suffrage. Your vote is important; let’s vote right,” Abigail Valte, deputy presidential spokesperson, said over government-run dzRB yesterday.

Valte said police and soldiers had been deployed around the country, especially in violence-prone cities and municipalities, to maintain law and order, as well as prevent vote-buying.

She said that the Election Power Task Force had given assurances that there would be adequate supply of power on Monday and the succeeding days.—TJ Burgonio