Kabataan Partylist Rep. Mong Palatino today called on the Supreme Court to immediately deliberate and compel the Commission on Elections to comply with the Voters Registration Law, mandating that continuing registration should run daily until 120 days prior to elections.
The young lawmaker filed an Urgent Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus (with Application for Preliminary Mandatory Injunction) last Friday amidst Comelec’s refusal to extend voter registration despite apparent failure to accommodate millions of new registrants until the deadline last Saturday.
“The fact that the Comelec ‘extended’ the registration until Wednesday is proof …