San Juan City residents take part in a voting simulation at the San Juan Elementary School yesterday. The Comelec exercise aims to test the efficiency of the process and the implementation of basic health protocols.

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MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 patients who are isolating at their homes or in facilities would not be able to vote on election day as local government units will not allow them to break their isolation, Commission on Elections Commissioner George Garcia said Friday.

 

“Under Republic Act No. 11332 and at the same time IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases) guidelines and resolutions, then dapat mag-isolate po kasi yung COVID-positive patients,” Garcia told CNN Philippines’ “The Source.” “Definitely, the LGU (local government unit), more specifically the barangays won’t allow them to vote.”

 

(Under Republic Act No. 11332 and at the same time IATF guidelines and resolutions, COVID-positive patients must isolate … Definitely, the LGU, more specifically the barangays won’t allow them to vote.)

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/04/29/2177636/covid-19-patients-under-isolation-wont-be-able-vote

 

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