‘Ghost’ voters and sore losers

Except with the few isolated violent incidents that erupted in areas that were earlier declared as “hot spots” of contest among candidates, the just concluded barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections held last Monday were the most successful. That, as far as Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. was concerned.

On the other hand, the last SK elections were held in May 2018. Then, a new law was passed that synchronized the holding of the barangay and SK elections. Now that the winners were officially proclaimed and a number of them have even been able to take their oaths of office, the DILG Secretary urged everyone concerned to respect the BSKE results.Meanwhile, Abalos reassured the Comelec that the DILG will look into the reported complaints of alleged harassment incidents by certain local government executives in favor of their own BSKE candidates.

Abalos is a lawyer by profession and formerly served three consecutive terms as Mayor of Mandaluyong City and Congressman, interchangeably. It might be too soon to tell if Comelec succeeded in exorcising “ghost” voters from its official registry. For one, the Comelec is still gathering reports and complaints from their field offices nationwide. There is no dearth of sore losers in every election.

As Catholics, All Souls’ Day is celebrated by praying for our faithful departed, those close to us as well as for the holy souls in purgatory.

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