Comelec says ready to address reports of poll irregularities at proper forum

Protesters surround the front of the Commission on Elections headquarters in Manila on May 10, 2022 as they denounce what they claim to be fraudulent elections that led to the runaway victory of former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.

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MANILA, Philippines — It is difficult to infer poll fraud from allegations on social media, the Commission on Elections said Tuesday as it also assured the public that it would face any allegations of anomalies before electoral tribunals.

There are no formal allegations of fraud but hundreds of protesters, including university students, surrounded the Comelec's headquarters in Intramuros, Manila earlier Tuesday, claiming the apparent poll victory of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was tainted with fraud. 

"Nakahanda naman po ang Comelec na humarap sa proper forum. Nakahanda po kami since nag-manual elections, since the first automated elections in 2010," Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a press conference at the Philippine International Convention Center, where canvassing of votes for national positions is done.

(The Comelec is ready to face [the allegations] through proper forum. We've been ready since we've handled the manual elections and since the first automated elections in 2010.)

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