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Pangarungan vows to preserve independence of Comelec
Newly appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Saidamen Pangarungan pledged to be an independent and conscientious "defender of democracy" and to uphold the "sanctity of vote and independence" of the poll body.
Pangarungan formally assumed his new role on Wednesday, March 9, during a ceremony with newly appointed Comelec en banc members.
He emphasized his commitment to honoring and protecting the Constitution in all of Comelec's decisions and actions, with the sanctity of the vote as their guiding principle.
Pangarungan expressed his "sincerest gratitude" to President Rodrigo Duterte for his appointment.
He has a history of pushing for clean and honest elections, having denounced election irregularities in Lanao del Sur during the Martial Law years, prior to the EDSA uprising in 1986.
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