Namfrel pulls out of May polls for first time as Comelec refuses access to data

By The Manila Times

May 03, 2019 2:26 pm

NAMFREL National Chairman Augusto 'Gus' Lagman. PHOTO BY ENRIQUE AGCAOILI

FOR the first time, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) rejected its Commission on Elections (Comelec) accreditation to be an official citizens’ arm for the May 13 elections after the poll body refused to give the watchdog access to its data.

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