A total of 190 election returns and 38 ballot boxes are still uncanvassed in the municipality of Pagalungan, Maguindanao, 10 days after the May 14 elections, an election inspector revealed Thursday.
Faizal Kalantungan, a Board of Election Inspector in Maguindanao, filed an affidavit on the unfinished canvassing of ERs in Pagalungan town. The affidavit is the first legally binding evidence that proves that no canvassing was conducted in several towns in Maguindanao.
"Up to now, the authorized [Commission on Elections] officer has yet to collect the election returns and the 38 ballot boxes," said Kalantungan in an affidavit signed May 24, 2007.
"There are still 190 ERs in the custody of BEIs, including mine, and a total of 38 ballot boxes inside the Pagalungan Municipal Hall that remain uncanvassed," his affidavit stated