This Vigilante Turned Over 20 Envelopes Supposed To Be Used For Vote Buying
MAN SURRENDERS – Cabatuan, Iloilo City, a man surrendered 20 envelopes containing cash and sample ballots for vote buying to local authorities.
Several vote buying incidents have been exposed and reported by concerned individuals recently. It is only just that these attempts should be reported to alleviate it’s bad effects in the long run.
A concerned netizen exposed an alleged vote buying incident in Iloilo City a few days ago.
And just recently, in Iloilo City, a concerned citizen showed up at Cabatuan’s Police Office to turn over 20 envelopes each containing 500 peso bill and a sample ballot.
Cabatuan Police confirmed that the man who turned over the envelopes was the same man who was tasked by a candidate’s camp to distribute the paraphernalia.
In a conversation with Bombo Radyo, Cabatuan Municipal Police Station’s Police Captain Sullen Domingo reported that the man personally approached their office because of his conscience.
This is according to a Facebook post by Bombo Radyo Iloilo.
A photo of the alleged vote buying paraphernalia was posted in their page and netizens had various reactions.
The post quickly spread on social media gaining more than 800 reactions and has been shared more than 200 times just three hours after it was posted.
The brave exposure was praised by many netizens as seen in the Facebook comments:
“Wla ya kmi maanad sa cabatuan NGA ginabaligya namon Amon boto abi..pamakal kmo di boto Kay padudlaon nmon kmo…salute sa nagsurrender sg kwarta a..padudlaon ta mga politiko nga na pra madumduman nila Kita kada election nga Indi ta nila mabakal. [We are not used to selling our votes in Cabatuan. Try buying votes here and we will make you learn. Salute to whoever surrendered the money. Let’s make politicians learn so they will remember that they can’t buy our votes every election.]” – Facebook user Mcoy Siodora Arenas
“Tama gd na noy indi pag pa Kan a ang pamilya kag bata mo sa wala it kapuslnan nga kwarta… waay tana ka iba nga na nga patay huya kabalan kag mga butigon…[That’s right, Noy. Don’t let your family and your kids eat from ill-gotten money. Otherwise we won’t differ from shameless, stubborn and lying people.]” – Facebook user San Go Co
That is all there is to it, at least for now. We’ll post updates as soon as we got them.
