By Ferdinand Patinio
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Monday that voters’ registration remains suspended in the National Capital Region Plus and other areas placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) for the entire month of April.
The poll body said there will be no registration and issuance of voters’ certification in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, or the NCR Plus, and in Santiago City, Isabela and the provinces of Abra and Quirino, which were placed under MECQ starting today until April 30.
The Comelec earlier issued an advisory suspending voter registration from April 5 to 11 in all Offices of the Election Officer in NCR Plus, as well as in the Office for Overseas Voting in the main office and its satellite offices while the area was under enhanced community quarantine, the strictest form of lockdown.
Registration will continue in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) or modified GCQ 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays.
The release of voters’ certifications is also from Mondays to Thursdays but until 5 p.m.
The Office for Overseas Voting in Intramuros, Manila, however, will be open for applicants with urgent travel needs during the MECQ period.
On Sunday, the government downgraded NCR Plus from ECQ to MECQ after two weeks.
Comelec will accept registration until September 30, 2021.
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