COMELEC defers suspension of registration, validation of voters

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 30 (PIA)---The Commission on Elections  (COMELEC) recently deferred the suspension of continuing registration, validation and updating of registration records in connection with the Feb. 21 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.

Davao del Norte COMELEC provincial officer, Atty. Gay Enumerables, revealed this late yesterday afternoon upon receipt of  the “Urgent Memorandum” dated Jan. 27 from the central office, directing field offices to continue the registration “until further notice”.

The COMELEC Urgent Memorandum was an offshoot of the Commission En Banc meeting held on January 26 during which it decided to “defer the suspension of the system of continuing registration, validating and updating of registration records.”

During the Kapihan sa Kapitolyo early yesterday afternoon, Atty. Enumerables announced  the suspension of the continuing registration of voters starting February 1 to February 28 based on the COMELEC Calendar of Activities for the February 21 SK Elections laid out in detail through COMELEC Resolution 9905 promulgated on October 21, 2014.

Atty. Enumerables, however, later informed PIA DavComval Information Center of the latest issued directive of COMELEC Central Office for its field offices to go on with the registration.

Meanwhile, COMELEC also issued on January 22 the Resolution No. 9928, moving the Election Period relative to the SK Elections to February 6 to March 2 from Jan. 22 to March 2 that it earlier set through Resolution No. 9905.

The amendment, also in effect, carries with it the change of Gun Ban period and other prohibitions related to the Election Period.  (PIA 11/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)