A HOUSE leader on Friday underscored the need to address with dispatch the crowded and disorganized voters’ registration and  vaccination sites to avert more coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infections.

House Assistant Majority Leader and ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Niña Taduran is getting exasperated with the way organizers have been managing the crowding problem in vaccination and voter’s registration areas.

With the age of digitalization, Taduran said the government should have already formulated an efficient way of dealing with crowding amidst the pandemic.

“Kulang tayo sa organisasyon, sa panahon na puwedeng i-schedule ang lahat digitally o online para di nagtutumpok-tumpok. Ang hilig nating magpapila,” Taduran said.

“Kung may kanya-kanyang schedule ang magpapa-rehistrong botante at ang magpapabakuna, hindi na kailangang maghintay ng napakatagal sa pila at makakagawa pa ng ibang gawain ang mga mamamayan. Sa panahong ito na napakahirap gumalaw at pumunta sa lugar na maraming tao, kailangang may proper scheduling,” Taduran stressed.

“Pagdating sa voters’ registration, parang sadyang pinahihirapan ang mga mamayan na gustong makaboto dahil kailangan nilang pumila ng, napakaaga para lang makapagparehistro. At ngayon, ayaw pa ng Comelec (Commission on Elections) na i-extend ang registration sa October?” Taduran asked.

Taduran called on all barangay officials to help out in scheduling the people for their vaccination and registration as voters to avoid crowding.

“Barangays should coordinate with the authorities concerned with the vaccination and registration of voters for the proper scheduling and, to avoid crowding. This is the best that they can do to avoid the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 and to spare our fellowmen from wasting their time lining up,” Taduran ended.

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Ryan Ponce Pacpaco