Iligan City - IM4PEACE - Iligan City chapter documented several cases of election irregularities. Even though the voting started almost on time, more problems were encountered by the voters such as; names missing in the voter's list, dead persons' names still on the voter's list and so on.
As usual, IM4PEACE volunteers reported about rampant open vote buying (in cash or in kind), campaigning within the vicinity of the polling precincts,tensions between supporters, and secret balloting that is not so secret because watchers are everywhere inside the polling precincts.
The volunteers also reported about tensions between political rivals that almost resulted to fire fighting but it was prevented due to interventions of military. However, the situation is still under close observation from the military and the civil society.
IM4PEACE is an electoral watchdog organized by different organizations and individuals in Mindanao whose task is to monitor the electoral processes in the country before, during and after elections. After elections means monitoring the performance of the elected leaders during their terms in office.
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