By LLOYD REYES and SHIELA MAY ABALLA
IT was a study in contrast—the waiting area at the Pasig City Sports Center was filled with persons with disabilities (PWDs) waiting for their turn to file their voter’s registration forms, while in Pateros, only a handful of PWDs showed up, leaving most seats unoccupied.
Pasig and Pateros represented two sides to the ongoing special voters registration for PWDs—Pasig a big city with 10 times the population of Pateros, Metro Manila’s smallest town.
In Pasig, an intense push by the city netted 277 registrants during the half-day special registration, while in Pateros, it lasted four days but resulted in only 24 registrants.
