PABOR si Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia sa pagpapaliban ng barangay at Sanggunian Kabataan elections na nakatakda sanang gawin sa Disyembre 2022.
“We should postpone your honor to allow more voters to vote and more voters to choose their leaders for the SK and the barangay elections,”sabi ni Garcia sa pagdinig ng House Committee on Appropriations.
Iginiit naman ni Garcia na mangangailangan ang Comelec ng karagdagang P9.5 bilyon kung gagawin ang eleksyon sa Mayo 2023 at P10.858 billion kung ito ay ililipat sa Disyembre 2023.
“In the event the postponement will happen, and the event Congress will determine that the postponement will be held by May 2023, we will be needing P17,093,550 or there is a deficiency of P9,510,204. However, if the event that the election will be postponed and reset to December 2023, we will be needing P18,441,376 or a deficiency of P10,858,030,” esplika ni Garcia.
Nangako naman si Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman na haharangin ang pagpasa ng panukalang batas sa plenaryo.
“I would disagree with (Cavite) Representative (Elpidio) Barzaga that the issue whether or not to postpone the election is over because he said 40 members of the House filed bills postponing the barangay and SK elections but you know, 40 members would only constitute 13 percent of the overall total of more than 300 members of the House, it is far from a majority. So, it is still an issue, so we are still going to deliberate in the plenary. I would make my reservation that I will be opposing the postponement of the barangay and Sk elections on the merits,” sabi ni Lagman.
