Comelec urges businesses to encourage employees to vote

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) called on the business community Wednesday to take part in its voters’ education campaign as it began the nationwide distribution of voter's information sheets (VIS) for Eleksyon 2025.

“‘Yung mga empleyado natin, iengganyo natin silang bumoto at makapamili po nang tama, nang hindi natin dinidiktahan kung sino ang kanilang iboboto at sana makatulong din po sa ating voters’ education program,” Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia told reporters at the sidelines of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) General Membership Meeting in Taguig City.

(Encourage their employees to vote and to vote wisely without dictating who to vote for and to help in our voters’ education program.)

On Wednesday morning, the poll body launched the nationwide distribution of VIS for the upcoming mid-term elections in May.

A VIS contains the voter’s name and address, as well as instructions and reminders on how to cast ballots.

It likewise includes the list of national and local candidates and 155 party-lists for the 2025 National and Local Elections (NLE).

Garcia also stressed the importance of the business community’s trust in the electoral process and its implications on the economy.

“Napakaimportante ang business community natin sa pagka’t ang pananalitta nila ay may implikasyon sa ekonomiya, ang pananalita nila matters. Pananalita nila o saloobin nila ay saloobin [din] ng ordinaryong Pilipino,” he said.

(The business community has an integral role because their words have an implication on the economy, their words matter. Their concerns reflect the concerns of ordinary Filipinos.)

“Ang business community, ‘yung kanilang tulong sa ekonomiya… kung hindi nila pinagkakatiwalaan ang proseso at sistema natin ay paano magiimprove ang ating ekonomiya? Nagsisimula ang tiwala nila kapag pinagkakatiwalaan nila mismo ang halalan,” he added.

(The business community has a huge role in the economy… if they do not trust in the [electoral] process and systems, how can our economy improve then? Their trust begins when they trust the elections itself.) — RSJ, GMA Integrated News

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