The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) choice whether or not the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental will or is not going to be postponed could also be disclosed by the top of September or begin of October, ballot chairman George Garcia mentioned Sunday.
Garcia mentioned that the general public session on whether or not there’s a have to postpone the upcoming BSKE as a result of “political violence” within the province will begin on Tuesday, and can final for 3 to 4 days.
“Ang ating intensyon talaga ay bilang pagtalima sa ating commitment doon sa pagdinig sa Senado at sinabi natin hindi naman kara-karaka na tayo ay magde-deklara kaagad ng postponement ng isang eleksyon sa isang lugar. Kinakailangang pakinggan muna natin ‘yung mga kababayan natin doon sa area kung saan maaring maapektuhan ng isang postponement ng eleksyon,” he mentioned in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
(Our intention is definitely to adjust to our dedication to the listening to within the Senate whereby we mentioned we is not going to instantly declare a postponement of an election in an space. We should first take heed to our constituents within the space who could also be affected by a postponement of the election.)
During a Senate inquiry into the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Francis Tolentino requested the ballot physique to look into the potential for holding off the elections amid the political violence within the province.
Comelec then introduced earlier this month that public hearings might be carried out in Negros Oriental to evaluate its present state of affairs, significantly its peace and order standing, with a purpose to decide whether or not or not the BSKE must be postponed within the province.
Garcia mentioned they haven’t but obtained a petition to postpone the BSKE which is about on October 30, however identified that the ballot physique has a motu proprio perform to take action.
Should the elections be moved to a later date, the ballot chairman mentioned that the BSKE nonetheless must be carried out not 30 days later.
“Kung ang Comelec ay magde-desisyon na i-postpone ang isang halalan sa isang parte ng ating bansa, ito ay hindi puwedeng tumagal ng 30 araw mula sa pagtapos ng violence o ibang grounds pa na sinasabi… Kung sakaling ang eleksyon natin ay October 30, malamang dapat bago matapos ang November 30, dapat ay nasagawa na rin ang eleksyon doon sa na-postpone sa lugar,” Garcia added.
(If the Comelec decides to postpone an election in part of our nation, it can not final 30 days from the top of the violence or different grounds… If the election is on October 30, it ought to have been carried out earlier than the top of November 30 in that place the place the postponement occurred.) —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
