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Election day at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center
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from
NAMFREL Election Monitor Vol.3, No.1 |
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by Perre Ian Dela Cruz, Chairperson, NAMFREL-Zamboanga
City |
Right after I voted at West Central Elementary School,
I immediately went to the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center
to observe the process of election
given to the registered detainees. The Local Comelec
Office, District 1, Zamboanga City made a special
arrangement with the BJMP-Zamboanga City in order
for the registered detainees to shade their ballots
inside the chapel of the said compound.
The election process started at 8:00 AM and ended at
11:00 AM. It was 11:15 AM when the team of Comelec-deputized
BEI and BJMP Special BEI brought those said ballots to the
West Central Elementary School because those detainees are
registered voters of Barangay Zone I, with the Precinct
Number 003A. The Local Comelec had registered 199 detainees,
both male and female, and all of them participated in the
election. Some of the detainees were assisted by the BJMP
Special Election Team because they cannot read and write.
There were pollwatchers from Adelante Zamboanga Movement and
from LDP. The presence of local media ABS-CBN was also
noted.
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According to BJMP Wardress Inspector Fe
Galvez, the election held inside the jail is memorable because it
was the first time that the registered detainees were allowed to
vote inside the jail. |
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