Comelec vows to resolve disqualification cases in three weeks

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The Commission on Elections is confident it can resolve pending disqualification cases within the transition period set for Barangay and SK officials.    Paige Javier has that and other BSKE updates.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 The Kamalak vows to resolve in three weeks all disqualification cases against winning

00:05 barangay and SK elections candidates.

00:08 After the three-week transition period, they still cannot assume office if they have pending

00:13 cases.

00:14 Of the 253 candidates who faced disqualification, 101 have not been proclaimed even if they

00:20 won.

00:21 Because they were given at least three weeks transition period, we are hoping to resolve

00:26 the disqualification cases of those.

00:29 We suspended the proclamation in a matter of three-week time.

00:33 The Kamalak is looking into why teachers backed out from election duties, mostly from the

00:38 Bangsamoro region.

00:39 Garcia says some of them caused voting delays in some areas.

00:43 Why on the day of the election, when the voting started, they suddenly withdrew their services

00:50 on the day of the election and the precincts were already open.

00:55 It got worse.

00:59 They don't want to give or turn over election benefits.

01:01 Garcia questions why even police personnel, who were supposed to serve as substitutes,

01:06 also withdrew.

01:08 He says he doubts they were threatened or scared since they are uniformed personnel and underwent

01:13 training.

01:14 The priority is to know the reasons so that it won't happen again.

01:18 The point about criminal or administrative is secondary.

01:21 In fact, it can be none based on what they will tell us.

01:26 Garcia clarifies they won't go after those who backed out before the polls.

01:31 Meantime, the Kamalak says they cannot give overtime pay to teachers who served at the

01:36 polls due to a joint circular from the Commission on Audit and Budget Department.

01:40 Because the deputy and personal, our teachers, are not employees of the Commission on Election,

01:47 so we cannot give them overtime pay.

01:51 They cannot give us a budget for their overtime.

01:54 Kamalak instead pushed for the raising of honoraria for the 2023 BSKE compared to previous

02:00 elections.

02:01 The Education Department says teachers who worked overtime can be given extra service

02:05 credits on top of the five-day service credits.

02:09 Kamalak aims to finish on Friday the distribution of honoraria to over 605,000 electoral boards

02:15 who served during the BSKE.

02:17 Under the law, honoraria must be given within 15 days from election day.

02:22 Paige Javier, CNN Philippines.

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