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The malls whose owners have no political affiliation have been chosen to be voting centers in the May 2016 elections.
“Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista said the Comelec initiated a background check on the malls that have expressed intention to serve as voting centers and the poll body confirmed that owners of these malls have no political affiliation and did not support any candidate in the past two elections,” reports Mayen Jaymalin in The Philippine Star.
These are the following:
1. Ayala Malls
2. Fisher Mall
3. Gaisano Grand Malls
4. Megaworld Lifestyle Malls
5. Pacific Malls/Metro Gaisano
6. Robinsons Malls
7. SM Supermalls
8. WalterMart Community Malls
Bautista explained: “We checked the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) in 2010 and 2013 elections and we did not find any names like Henry Sy or Ayala. We didn’t find any of their names.”
The report noted: “The Comelec is not tapping malls associated with politicians like Gateway Mall owned by the family of Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Mar Roxas and StarMalls owned by the family of Sen. Cynthia Villar of the Nacionalista Party (NP).”
The Comelec has yet to decide on which branches of the said malls will be turned into polling centers.
