• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
With no election-related violence recorded in Negros Occidental as the May 12 election day nears, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is hoping that it will continue, even in the days after.
This developed as the Commission on Elections started on Monday (April 28) the delivery of automated counting machines in the province.
Negros Occidental, including the highly-urbanized Bacolod City, has a total of 2,009,564 registered voters, making the province the sixth vote-rich province in the country.
Lacson said that candidates are now preparing for the election, making sure that they have covered all the areas in their respective local government units.
“What is important, we keep it peaceful and orderly”, Lacson, who is seeking a reelection for his third and final term as governor, said.
Lacson said he was also invited to attend political rallies in cities of Victorias, Bago and San Carlos as well as Calatrava and in Toboso. | GB
