{"id":186811,"date":"2018-10-24T04:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186811"},"modified":"2025-01-10T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:20:19","slug":"comelec-holds-simulation-bol-plebiscite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/24\/comelec-holds-simulation-bol-plebiscite\/","title":{"rendered":"Comelec holds simulation of BOL plebiscite"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_107267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107267\" style=\"width: 4272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador.jpg 4272w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Palacio_Del_Gobernador-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4272px) 100vw, 4272px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe expect to know the results within 72 hours since we are only talking of a small number.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=21560267\">File Photo by Elmer B. Domingo &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday conducted a simulation of the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) set in January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, the activity was conducted at the poll body\u2019s main office in Intramuros, Manila to familiarize themselves with the upcoming plebiscite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be the first time that various plebiscite questions will be used since areas not presently included in the Bangsamoro core territories are now being proposed to be included,\u201d Jimenez said in an interview.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flagyl online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/flagyl.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/flagyl.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Several employees of the poll body participated in the activity.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy champix online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/champix.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/champix.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe simulation was necessary because different areas have to have different questions on the ballot.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy antabuse online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/antabuse.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/antabuse.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> It\u2019s not a matter of just asking \u2018are you in favor of the BOL or not?\u201d Jimenez added.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the results of the BOL plebiscite, which is set to be held on January 21, 2019, will be out in three days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect to know the results within 72 hours since we are only talking of a small number,\u201d Jimenez said.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated number of voters is from 2.5 million to 2.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>The territorial jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region is comprised of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao provinces of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao; six municipalities in Lanao del Norte; 39 barangays in North Cotabato; Cotabato City in Maguindanao; and Isabela City in Basilan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday conducted a simulation of the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":107267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282369,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186811\/revisions\/282369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}