{"id":150261,"date":"2018-01-31T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=150261"},"modified":"2018-01-31T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T02:26:00","slug":"comelec-suspends-may-2018-village-polls-in-marawi-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/31\/comelec-suspends-may-2018-village-polls-in-marawi-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec suspends May 2018 village polls in Marawi City"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110497\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marawi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110497\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marawi.jpg\" alt=\"The OCD official said occupancy of the transitional housing sites will depend on the speed of construction.(PNA PHOTO)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marawi.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/marawi-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comelec would conduct an assessment of the situation in Marawi City (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday suspended the holding of the May 14 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Marawi City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission en Banc today (Wednesday) resolved to suspend the conduct of the BSKE2018 only in Marawi City,\u201d Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said.<\/p>\n<p>The poll body ordered the suspension of the forthcoming polls due to the \u201cprevailing conditions in that city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo things<em>\u00a0kaya hindi itutuloy ang<\/em>\u00a0elections<em>\u00a0doon.<\/em>\u00a0(There are two things why the elections there will be suspended.) Number 1,<em>\u00a0walang<\/em>(there are no) facilities<em>\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0available. Bombed out<em>\u00a0ang karamihan ng mga<\/em>\u00a0schools. And number 2,<em>\u00a0ang mga tao hindi pa kumpleto ang kanilang pagbabalik sa<\/em>\u00a0Marawi (Majority of the schools are bombed out. And number 2, the return of the people in Marawi City is not yet complete),\u201d he said in an interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BSKE2018 in the rest of Mindanao will push thru as scheduled, with the exception of Marawi City owing to the prevailing conditions in that city,\u201d Jimenez added.<\/p>\n<p>With this, the poll body official said that the Comelec would conduct an assessment of the situation in the said city, if they would hold the village and youth polls there or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter three months, the Commission will reassess the suspension of the BSKE2018 in Marawi City, to determine whether to go ahead with the elections at that time,\u201d Jimenez said.<\/p>\n<p>Marawi City is currently undergoing rehabilitation after it was plagued by a five-month battle between government troops and the Maute group which started in May last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday suspended the holding of the May 14 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[45398,10397,12048,581],"class_list":["post-150261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-commission-en-banc","tag-commission-on-elections","tag-marawi-city","tag-mindanao","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}