Comelec Registration Schedule

August 3, 2010

On October 25, 2010 our nation would go to the polling precinct again to elect a new set of Barangay Council who will chart the destiny of this benighted community for the following years.
    
Considering the importance of elections in ridding the country of corrupt and inefficient public servants, all citizens of voting age ought to participate in the forthcoming political exercise.
   
And while many national and local politicians carefully position themselves as the ideal candidates by delivering fiery speeches containing lies and half-truths, the suffering people must not completely turn to a deaf ear to the growing fears of many sectors of society.

 

An estimated one million voters across the country were reportedly delisted from the Commission on Elections roster following their failure to vote in the last three elections (2004, 2007 and May 2010).

 

Let us help the poll body, chaired by retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo, in addressing the problem of voter disenfranchisement if we want to protect the will of the electorate.
   
There is still no guarantee that our candidates will be successful in facing the challenges in the office. A great mayoral candidate may still have a nervous breakdown, a governor may still yield to temptation when confronted with temptations while in office. Even if the best candidate becomes the best office holder, unless the people will support him, then it won’t matter. If the public does not support him, then others may take advantage, and exploit his unpopularity with their own agendas.

 

We share the view of many that the credibility of elections does not only depend on the actual counting of votes but on the registration of voters.

 

Registration for members of Sangguniang Kabataan  - August 6 – 15, 2010 while

Registration for Barangay Election, August 4 – 13, 2010.

 

So, let’s go out and register now.