00:00 Aside from the gun, the other is smuggling. The Common League plans to ban the barangay and to postpone the election
00:05 by bringing money that exceeds half a million pesos.
00:09 We don't know what the former members of Makati City should do
00:14 when they are now under the influence of the Taguig.
00:16 In our interview with Common League Chairman George Garcia. Good morning Chairman.
00:21 Good morning Egan. Good morning to our fellow countrymen.
00:25 I will start with this issue of 10 MBO barangays that are now under Taguig.
00:31 What are their preparations? Do they need to file a new voter for the election?
00:37 Egan, our countrymen no longer need to register for the 10 MBO barangays in Makati, which is now Taguig.
00:46 Automatically, we will transfer the database of the list of voters, their voter registration records from Makati to Taguig.
00:55 We are doing that ongoing. Before the weekend ends, we will complete the formal transfer of our voter registration to the 10 barangays.
01:06 How many voters are we talking about Chairman?
01:09 Egan, 228,000 are the regular voters in the barangay and almost 62,000 for our SK.
01:20 So more or less 300,000 voters are the ones we're talking about.
01:24 How about those who will run for the barangay and SK elections? Should they change or do something?
01:30 There's nothing to worry about Egan. Automatically, they are voters there, they are registered voters there, they are residents.
01:39 Therefore, they will file a candidacy. The filing of the candidacy will be done on August 28 to September 2 in Taguig Convention Center.
01:49 Are we on schedule because the printing of balota has been stopped? We had power outage?
01:56 No. Egan, we have completed printing the 92 million. The other day, we added 1.8 million balota because Egan, those who became cities from Baliwag,
02:09 Bulacan, Kalaka, and Carmona, and the two provinces of Maguindanao, which was Maguindanao before, now it's North and South.
02:18 It also includes almost 300,000 balota for the 10 Embo barangays of Taguig.
02:25 So we're 100 percent ready Chairman?
02:29 We're almost 100 percent. Yesterday, we had a command conference with AFP and PNP.
02:34 The next thing we're left with is the training of our electoral board members who will serve in each precinct.
02:42 If this money ban, the one that brought more than half a million, is now prohibited, how can we monitor this?
02:49 Egan, that's just one of the things that the commissioners are considering. Now, we will talk about all of that,
02:55 including the other things that we will presume to be engaged in vote buying. For example, if you brought indelible ink one day before the election,
03:03 we will presume that you're engaged in vote buying. If you're a candidate in front of your house or in your headquarters,
03:11 we will presume that you're engaged in vote buying. If you sent 20 people money five days before the election through GCash, Paymay,
03:19 and other means, we will presume that you're engaged in vote buying. That's another thing.
03:24 If you're in a checkpoint and you see that someone brought half a million or more, and you cannot justify what the reason is,
03:33 we will presume that you're engaged in vote buying. We need to do this Egan, even if they have questions,
03:41 because our countrymen are doing it to get votes.
03:46 Are there places that you will declare that you will increase security?
03:51 Yesterday, the PNP handed us a list of 27 areas that they are saying are areas of concern. We are waiting for the complete list of those 27 areas.
04:02 Therefore, if that's the case, those are the areas that we will increase our forces.
04:07 I will just follow this Chairman. The vacant position of Congressman Arnold Potebes Jr., how about his district?
04:13 We are waiting for a letter from the House of Representatives to, number one, declare the position vacant.
04:19 Number two, we are waiting for the special election of the Congress. If that's the case, we cannot pursue the barangay and SK elections,
04:27 and if there's a special election, it might be after the barangay and SK elections.
04:33 Thank you very much Comrade Chairman George Garcia. Be careful.
04:36 You too. Thank you very much.
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