By Froilan Gallardo
Special Correspondent
THE Commission on Elections has declined the proposal by Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez to allow online filing of the certificates of candidacy as well as voter registration for the 2022 elections.
Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said the proposal of Rodriguez needs a law to supersede the Omnibus Election Code, which requires the physical filing of certificates by candidates.
“The bill (has) to pass both chambers in Congress and we don’t think there would be time enough for that,” Casquejo said.
Rodriguez said he would be filing a bill to allow the online filing of certificates of candidacies because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the Comelec should adapt to the circumstances and dangers of infection of the candidates when filing their certificates of candidacy.
Casquejo is here in Cagayan de Oro to launch a mobile application for voter registration that could be downloaded on the social media pages of the poll body.
He said the new voters’ app would be attractive to the young voters who are afraid to go to the Comelec offices to register because of the pandemic.
“Of the 10 million young voters of 18 years old, only five million have registered. This app should answer the need,” Casquejo told election officers in Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental.
Casquejo said the Comelec is studying proposals for non-shuffling of election officers during the 2022 election period.
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