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House committee votes to postpone barangay, SK polls to Dec 2023

The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday, Aug. 16, postponed the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, initially scheduled on Dec. 5, 2022, to the first Monday of December 2023. Citizens line up to register with the Commission on Elections (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULL

House panel OKs motion to move barangay, SK polls to December 2023

House panel OKs motion to move barangay, SK polls to December 2023
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House panel OKs postponement of BSKE to Dec 2023

MANILA - The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday approved a proposal to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) scheduled on Dec. 5, 2022 to Dec. 4, 2023. A total of 12 members of the House panel voted in favor of the measure to postpone this year's electoral exercise as it would help the government save a lot of money that can be diverted to financial aid for the poor and other more urgent government programs. Only two lawmakers voted against the proposal. The committee also approved the motion to set the tenure of those elected for the December 2023 polls and other elections thereafter for three years. During the hearing, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chief George Garcia said the postponement of the polls would entail an additional cost of PHP5 billion as it would require more poll workers, precincts, and election paraphernalia because of newly registered voters. "If we postpone it to March or December 2023, we will have t

Allot more funds for poll workers honoraria, Comelec urges solons

(File photo) MANILA - Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia on Tuesday appealed to lawmakers to provide more funds for the honoraria of poll workers, most of whom are teachers. Garcia made the appeal to the members of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms after the bill exempting the honoraria from taxes for election workers has been vetoed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He said lawmakers can help compensate the efforts of those who work during elections by setting aside additional funds in the national budget to increase election-related remuneration. "We at the Commission on Elections are appealing to you, our honorable members of Congress, I hope you will be able to grant an additional increase in their honoraria because their tax exemption was removed," Garcia said in a statement. The poll body chief together with other officials of the Commission attended the organizational meeting of the committee on Tuesday, which was head

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