{"id":130560,"date":"2017-11-12T06:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=130560"},"modified":"2017-11-12T06:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T11:12:25","slug":"voters-registration-open-despite-asean-holiday-comelec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/12\/voters-registration-open-despite-asean-holiday-comelec\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters registration open despite ASEAN holiday: Comelec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said its offices nationwide will remain open from Monday to Wednesday despite the declaration of these days as special non-working holidays in line with the country’s hosting of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. (Avito C.Dalan \/ PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said its offices nationwide will remain open from Monday to Wednesday despite the declaration of these days as special non-working holidays in line with the country’s hosting of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.<\/p>\n

Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said the three-day holiday does not affect voters registration which is currently being held nationwide.<\/p>\n

“(This) week-long ‘holiday’, #TuloyAngTrabaho sa @COMELEC. #VoterReg2017,” he said in his Twitter account, @jabjimenez.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the poll body official urged the public including the young voters, to take advantage of the long holiday to register.<\/p>\n

“We are urging millenials in Metro Manila and in the nearby provinces to make use of the upcoming long holiday break to register,” Jimenez said.<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte has declared November 13-15 as special non-working days in the National Capital Region and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga due to the holding of the international event.<\/p>\n

Classes have also been suspended in the NCR by the Metro Manila Council from November 16 to 17.<\/p>\n

Last Nov. 6, the Comelec resumed voters registration nationwide, except in Lanao del Sur, for the May 14, 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections.<\/p>\n

The activity will run until November 30.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the poll body will be conducting off-site\/satellite registration in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n

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