PAGADIAN CITY – Parish Pastoral
Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has continue to fulfill its mandate of
encouraging political participation, respect for the mandate of the democratic
processes, and ensure truth and integrity of the election process, etc.
The PPCRV a bonafide non-partisan association and
the Commission on Elections citizen’s arm to perform voter education and poll
watching functions has again proven its commitment and sincerity in monitoring
this year’s polls.
Zamboanga del Sur PPCRV chair Fr. Felix Tigoy
during the interview of Philippine Information Agency 9’s staff at Bishops” house,
Balangasan District said the group has more than 1,000 volunteers who served as
poll watchers in the 27 municipalities of the province.
Tigoy said despite the limited number of poll
watchers who served on Monday’s national and local elections, the volunteers carried
out their duties effectively.
On Monday, Tigoy said the group has set up voters’
assistance at the entrance of the voting centers where thousands of voters who did
not find their names in the computerized voter’s list were assisted and were
able to cast their votes successfully.
It also help monitor the conduct of peaceful and
orderly elections, gather results from the field and has set up operation
centers in the parishes where election results were obtained, Tigoy added.
Tigoy said a roving team has monitored the election
activities where reports on the alleged vote buying, presence of armed men,
glitches in PCOS machines, and other unlawful activities were forwarded already
at the national headquarters.
“Without the volunteers’ true sense of
volunteerism, PPCRV’s goal of attaining a clean, honest, accurate, meaningful
and peaceful elections will never be achieved,” Tigoy concluded. (PIA9)