The results are in. The once-besieged city of Marawi is set to have two new barangays after plebiscite participants overwhelmingly voted in favor of their creation.
In Boganga, 95.7% of 480 total registered voters backed the split. In Sagonsongan, 97.9% of 992 total registered voters wrote “yes” on their ballot.
Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra said on Friday, May 17, that creating new villages would augment services that authorities provide. “The host barangays were overwhelmed by the relocations,” he said. A few hours after the plebiscite opened, Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia already hailed the high turnout after he was greeted by huge crowds in voting centers he visited.
“Democracy is alive here in Marawi. It’s heartwarming that many residents went to polling places for a plebiscite even though it’s just for the creation of new barangays,” he said. Saturday’s plebiscite was the first exclusive local electoral exercise in the war-ravaged city since May 2017, when local terrorists captured Marawi. Fighting took months before the military liberated the city. –
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