Election irregularities: HRET orders recount of Mt Prov ballot boxes

>> Monday, June 27, 2011

By Gina Dizon


BONTOC, Mountain Province – Following election irregularities, the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal has ordered the collection starting June 21 of ballot boxes and other election paraphernalia in the province on the May 2010 elections covering the ten municipalities.

The order stemmed from HRET Case 10 048 with protestant congressional aspirant Jupiter Dominguez alleging irregular transmission , illegal counting and canvassing of votes in the May 2010 elections.

Dominguez called for re-counting of ballots covering all 219 precincts in the ten towns of the province.

The May 2010 elections registered Dominguez second place with 23,973 votes less 751 of congressman-proclaimed Dalog’s 24,724 votes.

Following the election protest, a preliminary conference was held Sept 2010 with an order that all ballot boxes be transported to the HRET for revision and recount.
Pablo Wagtingan Jr., lawyer of Dominguez said the collection of all ballot boxes shall be done the soonest possible time.

Ballot boxes shall be stored and secured in a designated space at the Capitol building in this province as per request to Gov. Leonard Mayaen.
Collected ballot boxes shall be transported to the HRET office at Quezon City for recounting, Wagtingan said.

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