Team Unity wipes out opposing candidates
By Hernor De Asis and
Charmaine Sanchez
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| Elected Public Officials along with COMELEC Board of canvassers during the Proclamation Ceremony held at SP Session Hall last May 14, 20013. |
Election Officer III, Acting City Election
Officer- Atty. Ma. Liza Tubera-Sy proclaimed the newly elected San Carlos City
Officials last May 14, 2013at the SP Session Hall.
Mayor Gerardo P. Valmayor Jr., Vice-Mayor
Edgardo Quisumbing along with the eight incumbent city councilors will remain
in their office for another three years of public service.
Noli Baguioro and Engr. Clint Mansueto
also coming from Team Unity completed the circle of city councilors.
June 30, 2013, San Carlos City 53rd Charter Day will be the
scheduled Oath Taking Ceremony of the Newly Elected officials.
In unity there is strength
With a total of 37, 891 voters in the city who voted last
Midterm Elections, all the electoral candidates from Team Unity got the
highest votes against the opposing candidates.
Their 17-0
battle cry surmounted the howl of change based on San Carlos City total number
of votes.
Candidate
for Governor, Hon. Genaro Alvarez also surpassed Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. with
66.30 % of votes in San Carlos City (comelec.gov.ph/2013electionResults).
Nonetheless,
Marañon garnered 59.43% in whole Negros Occidental against Alvarez and then
proclaimed Governor of the Province.
Congressman Jules Ledesma won over Dela
Cruz, Librando, and Sua with 61.26 % of votes in First Legislative District.
During the Election: PCOS Problems
Some PCOS machines from a total of 34
polling centers all over San Carlos City experienced paper jam on election day
which gave an additional burden to the board of election inspectors and the
support staff who already had problems in controlling the crowd of voters. Ballots from precincts that experienced paper
jam were collected and scanned in the nearby room that had an available PCOS
machine. “Di man na pwede! Right man na namu nga kami mu pa-scan sa among
balota. Asa diay ang technical support?” says one of the voters who got upset
about the system the teachers brought up. When it came to the voting process,
most precincts started giving away numbers, so voters who came early got to
vote first. However, those who received numbers from 200-500 went home and
decided to come back in the afternoon.
Since most voters took a break from
waiting for their turn, when their numbers were called by noontime they were no
longer there. So the staff decided to change the protocol and let the voters
form a line.
The conflict happened at noon and in the
afternoon where the voters came back with their numbers thinking they would be
prioritized. But the ‘Line System’ was to be followed. This caused the heated
exchange of conversations between the voters and the staff.
A peaceful election
According to the Police Station’s
information office, no election-related crimes were reported to have happened
before and on the election period.
Sancarlosenios were very thankful to have
a peaceful election, unlike neighboring municipalities where some citizens were
reported harmed and even shot. Most are hypothesizing that whoever was behind
this desperately tried to scare people hoping they’d get votes on Election Day.
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