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Question

I hope you’ll not be intimidated by this email. As an observer of the May 10 Election especially the block voting promised by the Iglesia ni Cristo, I just want to verify if the block voting of the Iglesia ni Cristo really happened.

Answer

Thank you for expressing your thought and asking me this question. And thank you also for visiting this blog.

Just like what I already explained on my previous answers to questions sent to us, the way the Iglesia ni Cristo vote simply tells everyone that the Iglesia ni Cristo members are united in one judgment. We are not doing this for the politicians. We do this for the glory of God and Christ.

So to answer your question whether the so called block voting of the Iglesia ni Cristo happened on May 10, 2010 National and Local Election, here’s part of the news article published at GMA News TV:

Iglesia ni Cristo command voting

Other areas that voted nearly unanimously for a single candidate were communities predominantly belonging to Iglesia ni Kristo.

Recently, netizens raised suspicions over the election results shown in several clustered precincts in Rodriguez, Rizal. Facebook user Noelle Velasquez from Rodriguez, Rizal posted a note on her Facebook account in which she questioned why nearly all the voters in five precincts in her hometown had all voted for Senator Noynoy Aquino for president. Each precinct had about 700 votes.

The note was spread around and reposted on the fanpage of GMANews.TV numerous times by voters worried that the improbable results may be an indication of election fraud.

GMANews.TV went to Rodriguez, Rizal and found out that the said precincts are actually located within the Pamayanan ng Tagumpay (Victory Town), a housing settlement for members of INC. The religious group endorsed the Aquino-Roxas tandem just a few days before the May 10 elections and is considered one of the largest bloc votes in Philippine elections.

Frendy del Rosario of the municipal board of canvassers in Rodriguez tells GMANews.TV that most of the residents inside the gated subdivison work at the INC Central Office along Commonwealth Avenue in Barangay Tandang Sora.

“Dahil iyan sa bloc voting at dati nang ganyan sila [bumoto], kahit nung mga nakaraang election (Results like that are due to bloc voting. It’s been like that ever since, even in past elections),” del Rosario says.

Based on the statement of votes (SOV) per precinct in Rodriguez, the same candidates getting almost 100 percent of the votes was observed in five clustered precincts, which according to del Rosario are polling places for residents of the Pamayanan ng Tagumpay. These clustered precincts (CP) are CP 110, 111, 112, 113, and 114.

In the mayoral race, candidate Cecilio Hernandez received all the votes in CPs 112 (738 votes) and 113 (746 votes), while his three rivals all got zero. In CP 114, Hernandez still got all the votes (796) except for three voters who voted for Michael Cuerpo. In CPs 110 and 111, three voters and a voter, respectively, voted for Cuerpo, while the rest voted for Hernandez (709 and 661 respectively).

“Kahit bloc voting iyan. Alam mo na, may ilang hindi sumusunod (Even if the group is known to practice bloc voting, there are some members who still defy),” del Rosario says in explaining several votes that went to Cuerpo.

Residents within Tagumpay Village declined to go on the record to explain their voting choices. However, one of the three security guards manning the entrance of the gated subdivision explains, “Hindi kami nakikialam diyan [sa issue ng so-called religious votes]. Basta kami boboto lang tapos iyon na ‘yun. Wala nang halong pulitika-pulitika pa.(We don’t concern ourselves with religious votes. We just vote and that’s that. There’s no politics involved.)”

I think, that is enough to make you believe that we, members of the Iglesia ni Cristo, really vote as one.

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