Ma’am! Pila po kayo! Sigaw nang tao ki Loren Legarda
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Some registered voters in Malabon got irritated when Nacionalista Party (NP) vice-presidential guest candidate Loren Legarda went ahead of the queue at the precinct when polls opened on Monday.
Some supporters in Potrero, Malabon cheered “Loren, Loren, Loren” when she arrived, while other voters reminded Legarda that she should fall in line.
“Ma’am, pila po kayo,” some voters said.
“Ay pila ba to, ay sorry ha? Gusto nyo akong pumila, balik ako sa pila? Sobrang bagal ba?” replied Legarda.
Despite the appeal of those who were in line, Legarda still proceeded to vote ahead of them.
Later, Legarda called ABS-CBN entertainment reporter Marie Lozano, who covered the event, to say that she was merely ushered into her precinct. The media that crowded her also led her to go direct to her precinct.
Lozano later tweeted that Legarda was not the only VP bet who did not fall in line. She said there were also those who pointed out that Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay also went ahead of the queue at their respective polling precincts.
Long lines at polling places is a common sight in many areas of the country, with queueing time ranging from 30 minutes to four hours and more. Senior citizens are given priority in the queue, but everyone else has to endure the long lines and wait a long time.
Meanwhile, Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III chose to fall in line in his designated polling precinct in Tarlac.
He had to wait for around 6 hours before he could cast his vote since the PCOS machine deployed in his precinct malfunctioned.
Aquino said that they were informed that 2 hours since his precinct opened, only 100 people had been able to cast their votes.
He said they were told that there was no spare PCOS machine, and voters had to wait for a Smartmatic-TIM technician to fix the problem before they can actually vote.
Due to the automated election system, the Commission on Elections clustered 5 to 7 precincts into one. As a result of having more voters per precinct, the poll body prolonged voting hours from 7 am to 3 pm to 7 am to 6 pm.
Under the manual system, there were 300,000 precincts; now, there are 76,347 precincts. The number of registered voters, meanwhile, rose from around 45 million to an all-time high of 50 million. — With reports from Marie Lozano, ABS-CBN News and Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
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marami din daw hindi na pumila. tsk tsk. which makes Noynoy more worthy.
Political Campaining 101: If you are a candidate out in the public, do not act like a Roman because you are not in Rome, you are in Malabon.
Hayan…di pa tapos ang eleksyon, nagmamaganda na!!!!
shall we expect another petition from legarda? parang yung ginawa nya kay noli? hehe
Naku! Eh para palang si Ara Mina yan. Diretso agad sa loob ng presinto nya,feeling prima dona. Kesehodang naliligo na sa pawis ang mga taong nakapila. Natawa ako when my daughter whispered, ang lake pala ng boobs ni Ara. Sana lang di yan manalo sa district namen.
2nd time na syang natalo, dipa kaya susuko si loren?
kung sa bagay sabi nga, ang sumusuko di nagwawagi, marami namang
fera si fafa pang suffly ng luho nya, simfle lang naman ang luho ni loren e, maging VP ng Pinas,nyahaha.
goodluck sa 2016 loren,malay mo diba?
malay mo matalo ulit
aba e pag naman sa 2016 e natalo pa sya
e manahimik na syat magtulakan nalang sila ng wheelchair ng fafa nya, baguhin na nya motto nya next time…
kung ang motto nya ngayon e “ang umuurong di nagwawagi” e next time mauunawaan naman natin sya kung palitan na nya ang kanyang motto ng…
“push mine and i’ll push yours” (wheelchair po ha diko sinabing itulak nya sa hagdan)
Eh ako nga na beauty queen/diva pumila noh. Hahaha
Buti nga kay Loren, talo ulet. Hahaha
grabe naman yan!
Lesson learned: Politicians should be a good example to his/her countrymen!
Hay Loren, isa lang ang nagpapatunay base sa mga boto mo ngayong eleksyon 2010: ‘You are always a bridesmaid but never a bride’