Comelec Walkout of 1986

Museum

The Comelec Walkout of 1986 happened on February 9, 1986. Alex Baluyot reports that “thirty-five tabulators/computer workers, officially composed of 30 women and 5 men manning the Comelec’s quick count computer terminals walked out of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Plenary Hall in protest of what they said was the cheating they were being made party to” referring to the tabulation results of the 1986 Philippine Presidential Snap Election.

These photos are on display at the Museo ng Bantayog.

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