The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is asking for a one-week transition interval earlier than the proclaimed winners of the 2023 barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections (BSKE) assume workplace.
Comelec chairman George Garcia mentioned this was the Comelec’s place within the wake of the Supreme Court’s resolution which discovered the postponment of the BSKE to October 30, 2023 unconstitutional.
“The Supreme Court said the start of term of office of those who will win the 2023 BKSE should start January 1, 2023, nakalipas na iyon iyon,” Garcia mentioned.
(That date has lengthy handed.)
“That means if they win and get proclaimed tonight, they should assume office tomorrow,” he added.
Garcia said he had asked Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos if the Department of the Interior and Local Government could study having a transition period.
“Kung bukas uupo, baka magkagulo po tayo kasi kinakailangang might correct switch rin po ng kagamitan, pondo at mga dokumento. Siguro po kahit one week, acceptable po ‘yun,” Garcia mentioned.
(There could possibly be confusion if the winners proclaimed tonight would assume workplace tomorrow. We want ample time for correct turnover of kit, funds and different paperwork.)
Garcia earlier mentioned that the conduct of 2023 BSKE was usually peaceable even when instances of election-related violence left three lifeless and injured eight people within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
These BARMM instances had been on high of different voting disruption incidents which embrace: tearing of ballots in Palawan, a bodily confrontation in Lanao del Norte, lecturers immediately backing out of their voluntary ballot responsibility within the Bangsamoro Region and in Abra, amongst others.
“There was only a small percentage where disruption occurred. To us, it is a victory of sorts,” Garcia mentioned.
“When you say generally peaceful, when you say incidents, we have to factor in the number of voters involved. We have 92 million registered voters. Of this number, how many are affected? We have 202,000 precincts. Even if there were disruptions in 2,000 precincts, we would still have 200,000 precincts where voting proceeded as expected,” he added. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
