MANILA, Philippines — Citing lack of material time, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decided to push through with the printing of ballots on Saturday regardless of the developments in the coming days leading to the scheduled date.
Chairman George Erwin Garcia said he would write Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, informing him about the the Commission’s move to proceed with the printing this weekend “at all cost regardless of any developments” with the assurance that the names of nine national and local position aspirants, who are the subjects of temporary restraining orders (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court, would be included in the official ballot.
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