The Embassy also advised they will be open during Holy Week to cater to OFWs who wish to claim their ballots in person.
THE Philippine Embassy in Rome has received clearance from the DFA-Overseas Voting Secretariat to open the Embassy premises for OFW registered voters who wish to fill up and return their ballots on the same day to the diplomatic post, despite a system of mail-in ballots for that area.
During the press conference of PDP-Laban Sunday, a Filipina registered voter showed a video of OFWs shading their ballots outside The Philippine Chancery in Rome. “I said I’m a cancer patient but a man from the embassy shooed me away. The security guard then moved his chair away from me because the staff was getting upset, Because of the side effects of my medicines, I wasn’t feeling well, but I was forced to step out onto the sidewalk and stood there to shade [my ballot],” Garcia wrote, partly in Filipino.
However, those who claimed their ballots last Sunday apparently decided to cast their votes right there. The Philippine Consulate General in Dubai, meanwhile, has warned Filipinos working in the United Arab Emirates that they can be imprisoned for spreading fake news even if it concerns the elections in the Philippines.
Spreading rumors or publishing false news in UAE is punishable by one year in jail and a fine of Dh100,000 .Earlier, a Filipina data scientist based in Singapore claimed she got a “pre-shaded” ballot when she voted Monday at the Philippine Embassy in the city-state.
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