Voter registration in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City’s largest barangay, surge by 44.41% adding around 17,000 new voters. This increase is the largest in the country and drew attention from election officials.
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00:00Voter registration in Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City's largest barangay, surged by 44.41%,
00:07adding around 17,000 new voters.
00:09This increase is the largest in the country and drew attention from election officials.
00:14COMELEC's Deputy Executive Director for Operations, Rafael Olano, says no other barangay in the
00:18country experienced a voter increase as large as Carmen's or anything close to it.
00:23Philippine Statistics Authority Rep. Raul Lodovice calls the increase statistically
00:28improbable.
00:29COMELEC Northern Mindanao Director Renato Magbutay called the case of Carmen anomalous.
00:34The COMELEC says its law department, in coordination with the Interior Department, is looking into
00:39filing charges against Barangay Chairman Rainier Joaquin Uy, the son of Cagayan de Oro Mayor
00:44Rolando Uy.
00:45Rainier Joaquin had issued barangay certificates that were used in thousands of voter registration
00:50applications.