Election Officer Denies Report of Visiting Election Candidate’s Home

Cebu City Election Officer Edwin Cadungog has strongly denied reports that he visited Cebu City South District Rep. Tomas R. Osmeña at his house in Barangay Guadalupe last Sunday.

Cadungog said it is very impossible for him to be at the house of Osmeña last Sunday because he was visiting his relatives in Ginatilan town in southern Cebu.

Although nobody had showed up to testify that he saw Cadungog visiting the lawmaker’s house at Gervacio Quijada Street, but Osmeña also denied the report.

According to Osmeña he did not meet with Cadungog recently and believed that such report was only meant to destroy the credibility of the election official.

“Nagtoo ko nga gipagawas na nga report aron mapadali ang among transfer gikan dinhi sa Cebu City,” said Cadungog. He added that he will not allow himself to be involved in controversy by going to the house of a politician.

Cadungog explained that anytime the government officials can visit them at their offices so there is no need for the election officers to personally go to their offices.

Cadungog said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be implementing effective today the reshuffling of its election officers to avoid speculations that they might be biased in favor to certain candidates.

For his part, Cadungog would be reassigned to Mandaue City while Cebu City north district Election Officer Marchel Sarno will be also transferred to Toledo City.

Mandaue City Election Officer Ferdinand Gujilde will replace Cadungog’s post while Sarno’s post will be replaced by Danao City Election Officer Ian Marigomen.