SACRED VOTE. Local artist Nicolas Aca appeals to passersby not to sell their votes through his street advocacy in Cagayan de Oro on Saturday (May 7, 2022). He laments qualified candidates won't win because they don't have enough funds to run their campaign. (PNA photo by Jigger Jerusalem) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Wearing a long-sleeved white Barong Tagalog, slacks, and black shoes, Nicolas "Nic" Aca looks odd standing in the middle of J.R. Borja Street, one of the busiest thoroughfares here. The 53-year-old multitalented artist could be mistaken for a politician or a lawyer. On Saturday morning, Aca was carrying on his shoulder a small bamboo pole where a cooking pot hangs from one end and a discarded ballot box on the other. "Boto dili ibaligya (Don't sell your votes)," he repeatedly told passersby while he stood under the heat of the sun and amid the danger of being run over on the four-lane road beside the Cogon public market. Currently the resident arti