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Philippine church bells kick off voter registration campaign
Filipinos are scheduled to go to the polls to choose a new president and vice-president on May 9, 2022.
By Robin Gomes
Bells of Catholic churches across the Philippines rang out simultaneously at midday on Sunday urging the faithful to exercise their right and duty to vote in the next presidential election to be held next year. The bells pealed for 3 minutes exactly a year before the country goes to the polls on May 9, 2022, to elect successors to President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo.
Making voices heard
According to the Philippine Constitution, Duterte is ineligible for re-election after his 6-year term. Church authorities are encouraging churchgoers, especially those who have not yet registered, to make their voices heard through their votes.
A voter applicant fills up a registration form at the Commission of Elections (Comelec) (PNA photo)
According to data from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Commission on Elections (Comelec), 40 million Filipinos ages 18 to 35 are eligible to vote in 2022.
Jonah Rae Hufano, Secretary and Education Head of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UP-LB) Delta Lambda Sigma Sorority, stressed that exercising the right to vote is a way of “asserting for your rights as an individual.”
“Most of the students right now were not registered voters in the past elections. That is why I think it’s high time for my fellow youth to take a stand and exercise their right to vote especially in the elections in 2022,” Hufano told the Manila Bulletin.