DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Apr. 15 (PIA) – With less than a month toward elections, the Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor here has set its final instructions for the Election Officers and schedules of activities, including the delivery of election paraphernalia.
Atty. Gay Asuncion Enumerables, Davao del Sur provincial election supervisor, laid down the work plan for the province before the EOs together with the officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Department of Education in a Command Conference on April 10 in Digos City.
Enumerables gave emphasis on the delivery of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines set on April 26-30, which she said need security complements from PNP and AFP.
She bared that a total of 723 PCOS machines together with the same number of ballot boxes will be transported by the official forwarder Air21 from safety warehouses to 373 polling centers across Davao del Sur.
She said the election paraphernalia will first be delivered to far-flung municipalities such as Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and Malita on April 26.
The delivery to Sarangani, an island town of the province, will have a special arrangement with the forwarder because the PCOS machines and ballot boxes will be coursed through General Santos City or Glan, Sarangani Province which is nearer to said municipality.
Aside from needing assistance from the PNP and Army to secure the PCOS machines and ballot boxes, Enumerables urged watchers and political parties to deploy their personnel to help keep safe the election paraphernalia.
She emphasized that the delivery should be completed before May 6 which is the schedule for the PCOS Final Testing and Sealing (FTS).
She said the EOs and the Board of Inspectors (BEIs) should be present during the delivery and in conduct of the FTS which should be made open to the public for transparency.
Enumerables also raised the need for the EOs to check the Election Day Computerized Voters’ List EDCVL with the Computerized Voters’ List (CVL), saying “So that the BEIs will not have a hard time on election day.”
The EOs were further instructed to distribute the Voters’ Information and Instruction Sheet (VIIS) starting April 15 onwards.
The provincial election supervisor has also asked the assistance of the PNP in the implementation of the “Operation Baklas” or removal of illegally posted campaign materials which started second week of April in the province.
Atty. Allan Kadon, Digos City election officer, reported that the first day of execution of the “Operation Baklas” on April 10 was successful and substantial, though it did not yield a ton of campaign materials.
Kadon vowed to continue monitoring campaign violations in the city, during the Command Conference held on April 10 at the SP Session Hall at Davao del Sur provincial capitol compound in Matti, Digos City.
Meanwhile, officials of the PNP and the 39th Infantry Battalion and 73rd IB under the 10th Infantry Division of the AFP in the province have geared up for the May 13 midterm elections, assuring of sufficient forces to ensure a secure and fair election (SAFE).
They have also set their respective security measures and deployment plans in preparation for the election. (PIA-XI/Carina L. Cayon)
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