Nineteen people were confirmed dead as a result of election-related violence during the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), an official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Tuesday.
“For the validated election-related violence which resulted into deaths, we have 29 of them… 29 incidents resulting into 19 deaths,” Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in an ANC interview. He said that most of these fatalities occurred in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao , which he said has the “most tension and most red areas of concern.” “Most of those killed are either supporters or relatives of the candidates,” he added.
Nineteen people were also confirmed to have sustained injuries due to incidents related to the BSKE on Monday. Laudiangco stressed that the election situation in the country has to be improved and it must be instilled to people that elections don’t need to result in any form of violence. Despite the reports of election-related violence, Comelec chairperson George Garcia had declared the BSKE 2023 as “a victory of sorts” even as he said no election had ever been perfect.
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