Fron + Fee on, 1 May 2016 4:STRH Pe REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ae Os (tena COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS INTRAMUROS, MANILA IN THE MATTER OF THE DECLARATION BAUTISTA, J. Andres. Chairman OF FAILURE OF ELECTIONS INCERTAIN LIM, Christian Robert S. Commissioner AREAS AND THE CONDUCT OF SPECIAL PARRENO, Al A, Commilssioner ELECTIONS. GUIA, Lula Tito F Commissioner LM, Arthur D. Commissioner GUANZON, Ma, Rowena Amelia Commissioner ABAS, Sherif M. Commissioner Promulgated on:_ May 1, Lol Meg dui RESOLUTION NO: 10129 { WHEREAS, on May 9, 2016 National, Local and ARMM Elections, the National Operational Support Center (NOSC) roceived verified reports that no elections ware held in the following areas for the reasons stated below: i A. NO PRINTED OFFICIAL BALLOTS (OBs) Out of the 772 affected RVs, 336 were directed to cast their voles in the nearby polling place vu Cebu | Cordova, Brgy. 1 436 within the same voting Gabi out of 772 | center; whilo 436 were not able to vote because there are no more a: x |__available OBs. Total C 16 Wo. of | No. of affected | affected Region | Province yl, | Slustered | Registered | ela! Ballots Remarks Municipality | Procinets | Voters = u scp) ARV) | —— CPS, Bray, 8 f xil arangenl | Maitum 1 877 Alo, Ste NE elasilahe jadi conducted. Waiting Pe z Marindudu | ior the swapping/e- Brgy. Malaiag, printing of OBs. Vv Merinduque | Sta, Cruz 1 621 Maitum, |_Sarangani total [so 1, 298G. LACKING OFFICIAL BALLOTS (OBs) es No. of Barangay! | affected | No. of affectod Region Provinces Clty! Clustered | Registered Voters Remarks Municipatity | Precincts RV) eo (cP) eS vi ar 2 rove | wan, a 1 601 268 voters were not able to Aninty oe Saale 34 voters were not able to Brgy 1 10 Insubuan, San Remigiio | Be ard 849 He a =" D, SECURITY CONCERNS ire Toot Wo. oF ReaIoN | provines | municipaumy | feted, | arestes Ser arate ie _____| feamivear | chore | egiora | oescrirnon ACTION | -Rehoating | incident occurred at around 2:00 PES Gulay Futon May 8, | requested fra Labe resulting | formal declaration Siti Netthtond Naa ‘i a to the death of of failure of ‘Saver 9 on a election and are "The | recommen-ded gy. Roxas shooting that a special forced the election be held residents to | today May 10, 2 flee to 2016 Poblacion for Ss | d | safety, | At around 3:25 PM of May 9, 2016 three (3) | FO Lowell 0. armed men Niator of with bonnets Matuguinao ‘and four (4) submitted a Matuguinao others rushed | Memorandum to Western y i 68 inside the VES Jha dill ee polling place, | Bautista A, Beato, destroyed ang | ws of Wester burned the Samar, who VOM, an endorsed the election same to RED paraphernalia Dennis |. Ausan, an RED Ausan documents, | , submitted to us Only the the report on May voters’ receipts | 10: 2046. inside the voters’ receipt receptacle Ee i : were left intact. oF3 out of 6 voting centers were demanded to be transferred by contending Binidayan parties without | According to the ARMM | Lanaodel | (all 26 26 7,845 | authorization | EO, he submitted Sur | barangays) from his report to PES COMELEC, | dela Pefia, We prompting the | talked to PES EO to declare | dela Pofia asking failure of him to fax the election. report. Now 3) BEI waiting for the | reportedly report being harassed and Intimidated prior to opening of VCMs and = ere es ballots. | Pata ara 1,670 | BEls did not -Daungdeng report on -Kamawi 263 | election day at ARMM sult Island 6 185 Kayawan ~Kayawan 394 Primary * Likud 181 School. -Niog-niog 256 Reported to | Reported by PES -Timuddas 301 REDO Abbas | Tago. Written 2 __} report to follow, Pangiima 4,058 PES Is wailing for Estino the report of the ata EO, : -Gagguil 682 Recommendation Gata-gata 394 of PES Tago, -dinggan 3at Utilization of PNP -Kamih BEls did not | trainees as SBEIs Pungud 10 358 appear. to serve in the -Lihbug- Reported to | affected areas Kabaw 466 REDO Abbas -Lubulclubuk -Pandakan 359 238 -Tiptipon 410 308 me There was a fire incident in 1,047 Dilausan Tamparan Primary Lanao del 3 444 School, the | Verified through Sur | -Dilausan 340 voting center the EO, 263 of Broys, Dilausan, Bangon and Dasomalongis, The rest of the classrooms ‘were not affected. However, the £0 decided not to proceed with the olection,] otherwise chaos will ensue. There was even a commotion itt the said school. The afraid that the firefight might SS Total No. of Affected ted Issues come Praciets Recto vas (RV) a NO PRINTED BALLOTS ses =I 436_ __WHISDELIVERED OFFICIAL BALLOTS 2 7,298 __ LACKING OFFICIAL BALLOTS __ : 849 SECURITY CONCERNS a 18, O74, = TOTAL 17,657 WHEREAS, Section 6, Article | of Batas Pambansa Bilang 881 (otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code (01 EC), states that, “if, on account of force majeure, violence, terrorism, fraud, or other analogous causes, the election in any polling place has not been held on the date fixed, or has been suspended before the hour fixed by law for the closing of the voting, or after the voting and during the preparation and the transmission of the election retums or in the custody or canvass thereof, such election results in a failure to elect, and in any of such cases the failure or suspension of election would effect the result of the election, the Commission shall, on the basis of a verified petition by any interested paily and after due notice and hearing, call for the holding or continuation of the election not held, suspended or which resulted in a failure (o elect on a date reasonably close to the dale of the election not held, suspended or which resulted in @ failure to elect but not tater than thirty days after the cessation of the cause of such postponement or suspension of the election or failure to elect” NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission, pursuant to the powers vested in it by the 1887, Philippine Constitution, Omnibus Election Code and other related statutes, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES to: A. In areas where there ware nolmisdolivereditacking OBs: 1. Direct the MBOC to suspend the proclamation of the winning candidates, if the conduct of the elections would affect the results. 2, Direct the Printing Committee to print the official ballots. 3. Direct the Packing and Shipping Committee fo deliver the official ballots to the Municipal Treasurer's Office (MO), with notice to the Election Officer (EO). 4 Diteet the EO, immediately upon receipt of the official ballots by the MTO, to notly all interested parties by posting the notice of the conducl of spacial elactions on May 14, 2016 (Saturday) in the bulletin boards of his/her office, elly/municipal hall, and barangay halls of the affected barangays, if any. The concemed Regional Election Directors (RED) and Provincial. Election Supervisors (PES) shall supervise and monitor the conduct thereof, 640129 5. After casting of votes, ballots will be manually counted by BEls in areas where elections were previously conducted and electronically transmitted, prepare election returns by indicating the electronically transmitted results and adding the manually counted result B. In areas where no elections were held due to security concerns: 1. Declare failure of elections. 2, Direct the Printing Committee to reprint the Official Ballots for Barangay Nagpapacao, Clustered No. 17, Matuguinao, Samar only. 3. Hold in abeyance the proctamation of winning candidates for positions that will be affected by the non-holding of elections. 4, Conduct the special elections in the affected areas on May 14, 2016 (Ssturcay), with due notice to all interested parties. The concerned Election Officers (EO) shall post notice of the conduct of speciel elections in the bulletin boards of their espective offices, city/municipal halls, and barangay halls of the concemed barangays. The concerned Regional Election Directors (RED) and Provincial Eleclion Supervisors (PES) shall supervise and monitor the conduct thereof; and 5. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) shail intensify efforts to ensure the holding of orderly and peaceful special elections. Lel the Field Operations Group, Printing Committee, Packing and Shipping Committee and Project Management Office implement this Resolution, SO ORDERED. cmos J. ANDRES D, BAUTISTA Chairman ge Ie : CHRISTIAN ROBERT S,LIM : —AIRA, PARRE Commissoner Commissi s \qred LUIE TITO F. GUL commissioner Commissioner ~Sibjcel ws pect acet % furtev MARIA ROWEN; IA V.GUANZON SHERIFF M. ABBAS Commissioner Commissioner