As of 4:00 pm Tuesday, official but partial result of the
canvassing of plebiscite returns showed that 105,254 voters favor the creation
of a Davao Occidental province, to be carved out from the southern
municipalities of Davao del Sur.
A third of this number, or 39,453 votes, were cast
against its creation.
The result was generated from the canvassed returns of
nine municipalities, including from the capital of Digos City, 60 kilometers
south of here.
Only six municipalities, five of them within the proposed
new province, were not yet canvassed.
The plebiscite was contained in the ballot for the
election of barangay elections last Monday, in a form of a question on whether
or not the voter would approve of the Davao Occidental province.
The proposal, House Bill 4451, was authored by then Reps.
Franklin Bautista and Marc Douglas Cagas, each belonging to bitter rival
political families. It was passed as Republic Act 10360 creating the province
but to be subject to a plebiscite.
The new province would be carved out from the southern
municipalities of Santa Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and
Sarangani. When ratified, Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental would have one
legislative district each.
Davao del Sur belongs to the Davao Region, which is also
comprised by Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley and Davao City.
The following towns voted (yes-no) in the plebiscite:
Bansalan (10,172 - 3,544), Hagonoy (9,853 – 4,208), Magsaysay (10,961 – 2,528),
Padada (5,315 - 3,790), Santa Cruz (15,272 – 5,025), Malalag (9,792 -
2,408), Santa Maria (7,327 – 3,318), Sulop (6,936 –
1,335) and Digos City (29,626 – 13,297).
Plebiscite returns were not yet canvassed from the
municipalities of Matanao, Don Marcelino, Malita, Jose Abad Santos and
Kiblawan.
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