Bishop Joel Baylon says the grassroots elections could just be a preview of the 2025 national and local elections
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ALBAY, Philippines – Catholic Bishop Joel Baylon of the Diocese of Legazpi has criticized the Commission on Elections for failing to curb widespread vote buying and partisan politics during the October 30 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. He said the diocese was informed that likely candidates in the 2025 elections actively meddled and provided funds for vote-buying activities during the village and youth elections, despite the supposedly non-partisan nature of the barangays and SK.Baylon said that during the preparation phase before the elections, the Comelec appeared resolute in upholding election laws and preventing early campaigning and vote-buying.
Baylon said, “Looking at all these, we now believe that the BSKE was a ‘proxy fight’ by protagonists in the 2025 elections…. And all the while we thought, as we were told, that BSKE should be non-partisan.”
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