THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday warned candidates planning to provide libreng sakay (free rides) to the public on the Oct. 30, 2023, election day that they may be charged with vote-buying.
"Nakasanayan kasi natin iyong nagbibigay ng libreng sakay papunta sa eskwelahan, iyon din po mismo ay sana mapigilan din natin (We're so used to providing free rides going to schools [precincts], we should avoid that very actions)," Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said in a press briefing at the sidelines of Operation Baklas in Smokey Mountains, Tondo, Manila.
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