(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Alleged flying voters in San Juan City took the center stage of the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed funding of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) held Monday.
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada couldn’t help but utter a curse at San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, claiming that no candidates from other political parties will have a chance of being a public official in San Juan because of the allegedly ballooning flying voters in the area.
“They will always vote for whoever our stupid mayor says. There is nothing to do because they have 30,000 flying voters,” said Estrada.
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According to Estrada, registered voters in San Juan City in the national and local elections sharply increased to 109,640 or an increase of 32.13 percent in 2022 from 71,225 voters in 2016.
Likewise, he said, registered voters in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections jumped to 106,823, increasing by 42.46 percent in 2023 from 75,037 SK voters in 2018.
In comparison, he said, registered voters for the national and local elections increased by 3.75 percent in Pasig, 1.33 percent in Mandaluyong, 5.55 percent in Quezon City and 6.37 percent in Manila while voters in the barangay and SK elections increased by 9.95 percent in Pasig City, 5.5 percent in Mandaluyong, 14.91 percent in Quezon City and 15.86 percent in Manila City.