By: Bennie A. Recebido
SORSOGON CITY, May 13 (PIA) –
Some 265 inmates were not deprived of their constitutional rights to vote in
this year’s May polls.
Provincial Jail Warden Rufino
Escote of Sorsogon said they have registered at least 308 inmate voters for the
first time during the joint Comelec-Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP) initiated special registration for detainees.
“Unfortunately, out of this
number 47 were transferred to National Bilibid Prison (NBP). Of the 47, two
inmates died already. However, four of them were freed by the NBP and went back
to SPJ to vote today,” said Provincial Warden Escote.
He explained that the Comelec
did not establish a special polling area inside the SPJ but instead they had
the inmates fill-up the ballots and have them submitted at the nearest polling
precinct which is the Sorsogon East Central School for counting.
Comelec Resolution No. 9371
allows those confined in jail, formally charged for any crime and awaiting or
undergoing trial, serving a sentence of imprisonment for less than one year,
and convicted of a crime involving disloyalty to the government such as
rebellion, sedition, violation of the fire-arms laws or any crime against national
security or for any other crime which is on appeal, to register and cast their
votes for May 2013 polls. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)
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