PROCLAIMED. Capiz Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Salud Milagros Villanueva reads the certificate of canvass of votes and proclamation of Capiz (2nd District) Rep. Fredenil "Oto" Castro who won the gubernatorial race over his opponent, incumbent Governor Esteban Evan Contreras, on Wednesday (May 11, 2022). Villanueva said voter turnout in Capiz reached as high as 87 percent.(Photo courtesy of Atty. Salud Milagros Villanueva) ILOILO CITY - Amid the pandemic, the turnout of voters in Capiz reached as high as 85 to 87 percent during the last May 9 polls, when compared with the around 80 percent in the past elections, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec). "People are more eager to exercise their right of suffrage and become active in political exercises in our country. Meaning the people are really aware that they need to use the power of their vote in choosing who they want to really represent them," said lawyer Salud Milagros Villanueva, Capiz Prov