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Transcript
00:00The Commission on Elections can see the huge withdrawal of money before the election of 2025 to avoid vote-buying.
00:17According to the Legal Network for Truthful Elections or LENTE,
00:21they were able to get information that the vote-buying for the mayor reached P35,000 during the last election.
00:30J.P. Soriano brought you the latest news.
00:36In the movie, Balota, the character of Marian Rivera, Teacher Emmy,
00:41was shown how she protected the ballot box and the votes inside it from the thievery.
00:48Even if the movie is not true, thievery is happening in Balota so that the election will not be counted on the canvas at any time.
00:59Now, the number of people who want to buy votes has been transmitted, according to the Legal Network for Truthful Elections or LENTE.
01:10In the last election, for example,
01:12We heard that the highest value of the vote is P35,000 for one position, mayor.
01:21That's why many of our countrymen go home just to vote in the election because they earn on election day.
01:28But LENTE does not blame those who sell votes.
01:31It's a problem of governance. It's a problem of the government not giving the needed service and program of our people.
01:40Comalec Chairperson George Garcia said,
01:43There is no vote buyer if there is no vote seller.
01:46That's why he is in charge of overseeing the big withdrawals of money before the election.
01:53He also calls on those who were involved and paid to testify to answer those who bought votes that are prohibited by the law.
02:03It's also a problem, according to LENTE, the use of those in positions in goods, facilities, people, and government funds,
02:12as well as for benefits and assistance.
02:14This is what we call in LENTE a massive vote buying.
02:18DSWD still has no answer for now.
02:21According to DILG,
02:23We can always file a complaint with Comalec. We will see if there is a violation.
02:28As DILG Secretary, what is your guidance to LG officials?
02:34Well, we're very strict when it comes to election ban.
02:39It's really an election ban. It's not allowed.
02:41J.P. Soriano reporting for GMA Integrated News.

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