Comelec: Residents of EMBO barangays to vote under Taguig for BSKE

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Residents affected by the territorial dispute between Taguig and Makati will vote under Taguig for the upcoming barangay and SK elections. With less than three months to go, how is the Comelec preparing?  Paige Javier has the details.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 Migilita and Virginia have been casting their votes in Barangay West Rembo in Makati City

00:05 for over four decades now.

00:07 But in the upcoming Barangay and SK elections, they will be registered voters of Taguig instead

00:13 of Makati.

00:14 "Of course, we will change because if it's Taguig, there's nothing we can do.

00:20 But it's hard to accept.

00:23 It hurts us that we will be transferred.

00:27 Let them finish this year.

00:29 Of course, if it changes, it will change if it's Taguig."

00:34 Barangay West Rembo resident Bong Gravines is also against the decision to move them

00:39 to Taguig, even appealing for a plebiscite.

00:41 "You said, 'We know the people who will run.'

00:45 It's like we don't want to accept the people who will vote because we are already

00:51 getting tired of voting."

00:53 In a memorandum released on Monday, Comelec recognizes the 10 Embo barangays as part of

00:59 Taguig in the upcoming polls.

01:01 Registered voters from these barangays will now be under Taguig.

01:05 Aspirants will be filing their certificates of candidacy at the office of the city election

01:10 officer in the Taguig Convention Center.

01:13 In the memo, the poll body also enumerated the tasks of its offices to ensure a smooth

01:18 transfer.

01:19 "This is to implement the Supreme Court's decision and to help our fellowmen to vote

01:26 as citizens, residents of Taguig City."

01:32 Ballots of the Embo barangays are among the nearly two million that will be reprinted

01:37 by the National Printing Office for the barangay in SK elections.

01:42 Comelec assured that the reprinting will not be costly.

01:44 "We have already printed some that are for municipalities, not for cities.

01:51 So the names of the cities and the towns are not coinciding.

01:56 That's why Comelec decided to reprint them so that we can change the names of the ballots."

02:03 Comelec says printing was temporarily halted in the afternoon due to a power supply issue

02:08 for the CCTVs.

02:11 Printing is expected to be finished in three to four days.

02:14 The election period and filing of Certificate of Candidacy will begin on August 28.

02:20 But as early as now, the poll body warns its pyrons against premature campaigning and other

02:25 offenses.

02:26 Paige Javier, CNN Philippines.

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