Overseas Absentee Voting Starts in Vatican

VATICAN 26 April 2019 — The Philippine Embassy in Vatican opened its door on 13 April 2019 to the first overseas voters registered with the Embassy.

At 8:05 a.m., Father Jesus Palle Dajac of the Missionaries of Faith was the first voter and priest to cast his vote, while Sister Marivic Canareo Buen of the Boccone del Poverso (Sisters Servants of the Poor) was the first religious sister to vote.

Ambassador to the Holy See Grace Relucio Princesa welcomed the overseas voters to the Embassy and expressed her appreciation to the Filipino religious present, exhorting them to encourage other Filipino religious to vote, she added that the Embassy hopes to repeat its high voting rate during the last Overseas Absentee Voting election wherein it was recognized by the Commission on Elections for garnering the second highest number of votes cast in terms of percentile in relation to the number of registered voters. END