QC barangay winners used ghost ballots?
‘That’s over 9,000 votes already, where in fact in 2022 the race for mayoralty has a total of a little over 8,000’
Daily Tribune‘That’s over 9,000 votes already, where in fact in 2022 the race for mayoralty has a total of a little over 8,000’
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The winning candidates for barangay chairmen in Quezon City's District IV may have used ghost ballots containing votes for them, aside from paying the voters with money from a lawmaker disguised as Department of Social Welfare and Development's Assistance to Individual in Crisis Situation.
A village chairman who ran previously claimed the number of votes cast was way beyond the previous polls, giving way to suspicions that the winners used ghost ballots, referring to ballots already filled with favored candidates' names already tucked inside the ballot boxes.
In Barangay Pinyahan alone, three candidates gathered a total votes of 9,550, compared to only 8,309 in the 2022 mayoralty race.
Requesting anonymity, he said the village has an estimated 13,000 to 14,000 voters, but only 45 to 55 percent participated in the electoral process, leaving around 7,000 votes to be counted.
The winning candidates Ricardo Villaflor won by garnering 5,340 votes against his opponent Jesus Lipnica Jr. who got 4,135 votes while the third candidate only got 75 votes.
"That's over 9,000 votes already, where in fact in 2022 the race for mayoralty has a total of a little over 8,000," he said.
The village chairman who wished not to be named for fear of reprisal, said a lawmaker in the district has started distributing the DSWD-AICS telling the beneficiaries to vote for his candidates in the BSKE.
The lawmaker's candidates, he added, were also present during the pay-out of AICS.
This is aside from the promise of the candidates that P2,000 to P3,000 will be given to them if they serve as watchers in the coming polls.