Manila mayoral bets cast votes

Manila mayoral candidates Avelino Razon, Jose “Lito” Atienza and Alfredo Lim cast their votes in the morning of Election Day.

Razon, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, voted at past 7 a.m. at the Fabella Health Center.

The retired general, who was accompanied by his family, did not experience any glitches while voting.

Razon said that win or lose, he is ready for the election results.

Meanwhile, Atienza and Lim both voted at past 8 a.m.

Atienza, a former Manila mayor before he joined the Arroyo government as environment secretary, voted at his precinct in Rafael Palma Elementary School.

However, the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine in his precinct malfunctioned. It worked after 2 hours.

Re-electionist Lim, meantime, voted at the Rosauro Almario Elementary School in Tondo.

Earlier, Lim denied a text message which said that he had withdrawn from the mayoralty race and was now supporting Razon.

The text message, which he deemed as a form of misinformation and black propaganda, was circulated hours before the start of the polls on Monday.

Others who are seeking the mayoral post of the country’s capital are independent candidates Onofre Abad, Ma. Teresita Hizon, Matilde Limbre and Benjamin Rivera.