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GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 November) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has nullified the applications for registration as voters of 105 alleged “flying voters” in Tampakan town in South Cotabato.
Anwar Paidumama, Tampakan Comelec officer, said Thursday the town’selection registration board (ERB) excluded the applicants from its list of registered voters after failing to prove that they were legitimate residents of the area. He said the nullified registration applications were among the 620 individuals that were earlier sought for exclusion by the town’s Liberal Party-Nationalist People’s Coalition alliance as they were supposedly “flying voters” and non-residents of Tampakan.[]/a> with |||
The vice mayor will challenge re-electionist Mayor Leonardo Escobillo of the United Nationalist Alliance. The official said they obtained certifications from officials of barangays and puroks declaring the 620 applicants as non-residents of their areas. He said it turned out that some of the applicants were official residents of nearby Koronadal City, Tupi town in South Cotabato and Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews)
