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May
JOEY III ASKS: ARE THE OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTES PROTECTED FROM DAGDAG-BAWAS?
“The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should tell the people just exactly how overseas absentee votes will be counted and what safeguards are in place to prevent them from being Garci-fied, “ Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) senatorial candidate Joey De Venecia today said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs-Overseas Absentee Voting Secretariat (DFA-OAVS) said 118,053 have been cast as of May 7 with more voters expected to go to designated Philippine consulates and embassies or mail their ballots over the weekend until 6 p.m. of May 10.
“With 589,830 overseas Filipinos having registered for Monday’s elections we must be doubly sure their votes are credited to the candidates of their choice and not for the paymasters of our present day Dagdag Bawas operators,” De Venecia said.
“We know only too well how the crucial positions in the 2004 and 2007 senatorial elections were stolen through vote-shaving and vote-shifting activities favoring administration candidates.”
“We cannot allow electoral fraud to destroy the credibility of the overseas absentee vote,” De Venecia said.
