Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila. INQUIRER FILES
The Fee on Elections (Comelec) is searching for as much as P9 billion in further funds for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to cowl the honorariums of lecturers and bills for brand spanking new voters.
Throughout the Home committee on appropriations listening to on Monday, Comelec Chair George Garcia mentioned the P9 billion can be added to the P10 billion BSKE finances that will probably be carried over for the elections that had been moved to November 2026.
“We are going to undergo the committee the precise computation. With the extra honoraria for lecturers, we are going to want round P9 billion which will probably be added to our persevering with appropriation,” he added.
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Garcia mentioned that lecturers and ballot employees who served within the Might midterm elections obtained a P2,000 across-the-board enhance in honorariums however there was no such allocation within the permitted BSKE finances.
Final month, President Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12232 which postponed the BSKE set on Dec. 1 this 12 months to Nov. 2, 2026, reset the elections to each 4 years and prolonged the phrases of barangay and SK officers to 4 years, from the present three years underneath the Native Authorities Code of 1991. INQ
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