POLL PREPARATIONS. Urdaneta City, Pangasinan election officer lawyer Nathaniel Siaden during the virtual forum of the Philippine Information Agency Pangasinan on Thursday (Jan. 27, 2022). Siaden discussed the preparations adopted by the Commission on Elections in Pangasinan for the upcoming polls. (Screenshot from PIA Pangasinan's livestream) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - Some 44 out of 48 election officers in Pangasinan have been transferred to other areas ahead of the country's national and local elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Urdaneta City election officer lawyer Nathaniel Siaden said the transfer prevents or avoids the familiarity of the officers with the incumbent officials. "To remove any doubt on possible close affiliation among the officers and the officials," he said in a virtual forum organized by the Philippine Information Agency Pangasinan on Thursday. Siaden said the election officers of Dagupan City, Villasis, Rosales, and Manaoag towns were not