AT least five police officers including Senior Supt. Benjamin Santos, Cebu City police chief, joined Wednesday’s local absentee voting which ends on Friday this week.
Senior Insp. David Senor, Cebu City police chief of operations, said only seven policemen from Cebu City were approved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to join the absentee voting.
Police, soldiers and media practitioners who were assigned to other places during the May 9 elections are allowed to vote provided they applied for and secured Comelec approval.
Santos, who hails from Luzon, is one of five police officers who were allowed to vote.
Another police official, Senior Insp. Homobono Sayon who is from Bohol province and is stationed at the Mambaling police precinct, also voted today.
Senor served as chairman of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) for the police while PO3 Alvin Comeros served as poll clerk and PO2 Scarlit Batandolo is a BEI member.
Those who joined in the absentee voting can only vote for candidates running for president, vice president, the Senate and partylist group.