2022 Philippine Elections

#PHVote: Join the call to extend voter registration

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#PHVote: Join the call to extend voter registration
The #PHVote coalition urges the Commission on Elections to extend the voter registration, and calls on the Inter-Agency Task Force to make voter registration an essential activity

Below is the statement of the #PHVote coalition following Comelec’s decision not to extend voter registration despite the repeated suspension of voter registration operations caused by coronavirus-driven hard lockdowns since 2020. #PHVote coalition, composed of groups from various sectors, aims to promote more avenues for civic participation in the coming elections, help increase voter registration and turnout, and help fight election-related disinformation. 

Dahil sa abot-abot na lockdown, halos anim na buwan sa buong bansa, at walong buwan sa mga piling lugar, ang nawala sa itinakdang panahon para sa pagpaparehistro ng mga botante para sa eleksiyon sa 2022. 

Sa kabila nito, sinabi ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) na hindi nito pahahabain ang voter registration period. Hahabaan na lang daw ang oras bawat araw at magbubukas tuwing Sabado at holidays hanggang dumating ang deadline na Setyembre 30.

Malinaw na hindi sapat ang mga dagdag na oras na ito para bawiin ang mga buwan na nawala sa mga kalipikadong botante. Ang mga hahabol namang magpalista ay maaaring maubusan na ng slots sa appointment schedule sa kanilang lokal na Comelec.  

Dahil dito, higit sa 13 milyong Filipino ang maaaring hindi makapagparegistro, ayon sa mga mambabatas.

Kaya nananawagan kami: 

  • Sa Comelec, na palawigin hanggang Enero 2022 ang voter registration period. Ito ang pinakasapat na panahon upang mabigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga Filipino na nais lumahok sa susunod na halalan. 
  • Sa COVID-19 Inter-agency Task Force, na ituring na essential activity ang voter registration upang maisagawa ito sa kabila ng community quarantine. Ang pagboto ay isa sa pinakamahalagang ambag ng mamamayan sa pagpapatibay ng demokrasya. 
  • Sa Department of Transportation, Department of Public Works and Highways, and mga pamahalaang lokal, na siguraduhing may sapat at maayos na pampublikong transportasyon at bukas na kalsada upang makarating at makauwi nang ligtas ang mga Filipino mula sa voter registration sites.
  • Sa Comelec, na siguruhing sumunod sa #ApatDapat health protocols ang lahat ng voters’ registration sites. Kasama rito ang sapat na bentilasyon, physical distancing, laging pagsusuot ng face mask, at maikling panahon ng pananatili sa lugar at posibleng exposure sa virus.

Hindi natin ikinakaila na kailangan ng Comelec ng panahon para makapaghanda sa halalan. Ngunit hindi rin natin maitatangging nasa pambihirang kalagayan ang ating bansa at sa mga darating pang buwan. Dapat tumugon ang mga patakaran ng pamahalaan sa tawag ng panahon. 

Nakasalalay sa eleksiyon sa 2022 ang kabuhayan, kinabukasan, kalusugan, at karapatan ng mga Filipino. Higit kailanman, hindi dapat isakripisyo ang ating karapatan at tungkuling bumoto. 

#ExtendTheReg

#WeDecide. Atin ang Pilipinas.

To show your support for this call to extend voter registration, sign this petition and invite more groups to take a stand.

Signatories: 

  • MovePH
  • Akap sa Bata ng mga Guro-Kalinga Philippines Inc.
  • Akbayan Youth
  • Alyansa ng Kabataang Mindanao para sa Kapayapaan 
  • Amaia Land Corp.
  • Amateur Media Association of Philippine Scouts
  • AMDG – PSBA QC
  • Anakbayan
  • Ang Samahan ng Kabataang Amputi Layag
  • Antique Youth Corps
  • Borres Youth Leadership Institute Inc. 
  • Boto Pilipino
  • BUKLOD CSSP
  • Caloocan Young Leaders Initiative
  • Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking
  • College Editors Guild of the Philippines
  • College of Governance and Public Policy Student Council
  • DAKILA 
  • Foundation for Media Alternatives
  • Global Shapers Community-Iloilo Hub  
  • Human Rights Online Philippines
  • In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND)
  • Institute for Nationalist Studies
  • Isko’t Iska Task Force
  • Ka-Ilongga Organization
  • Kabataan Tayo ang Pag-asa
  • Kabataan Partylist
  • Karapatan
  • KARATULA-UPV
  • KATRIBU National
  • KAYA PH
  • Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
  • Kilusan NL
  • Kontra Daya
  • League of Filipino Students
  • Laban ng Masa
  • Laban PUP
  • LACORDAIRE Publications
  • Lilak Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights
  • Loyola Film Circle
  • Matanglawin Ateneo
  • Mental Health AWHEREness PH, Inc.
  • Move As One Coalition
  • National Alliance of Youth Leaders, Inc.
  • National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates – Youth UP Diliman
  • National Union of Students of the Philippines
  • Now You Vote
  • Office of the Sangguniang Kabataan ng Brgy. Magtaking, San Carlos City, Pangasinan
  • Oro Youth Development Office
  • Pagkakaisa ng Kababaihan para sa Kalayaan (Kaisa Ka)
  • PAMALAKAYA
  • Panay Alliance for Academic Freedom
  • Panday Sining
  • PANTAY
  • Partido sang Mainuswagon nga Bumulutho
  • Performers’ Assembly for Relief Action
  • Practice of Administrative Leadership and Service – NCPAG
  • Rise for Education Alliance
  • Rise for Education-Panay
  • Rotaract Club of Lucena Circle
  • Rotaract Club of UP Manila
  • Rotaract Club of Polytechnic University of the Philippines
  • SAMASA-UPV
  • San Pablo Theological Formation House
  • Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila
  • Senior High Students for Leni
  • SIBOL-PH
  • Siklab
  • Student Christian Movement of the Philippines
  • Talaria Publications
  • Tatak Botante
  • The Climate Reality Project Philippines
  • The Communicator
  • The Flare
  • TomasinoWeb
  • UP Esoterica
  • UP Internet Freedom Network
  • UP Paralegal Volunteers’ Organization
  • UP Student Catholic Action
  • UPD College of Arts and Letters Student Council
  • UPV College of Arts and Sciences Student Council
  • UPV Junior Jaycees-Iloilo City
  • UPV Kaakbay
  • UST Hiraya
  • Plaridel Magazine
  • Workers for Peoples Liberation (WPL)
  • WVSU – University Students’ Alliance
  • Young Women Initiatives
  • Youth Act Now Against Tyranny
  • Youth for Mental Health Coalition, Inc.
  • Youth for Nationalism and Democracy (YND)
  • Youth Resist
  • YouVote
  • 1Sambayan Youth PUP

– Rappler.com

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