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The Fee on Elections is about to request P4 billion extra after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lately rescheduled the barangay polls
MANILA, Philippines – The Fee on Elections (Comelec) is searching for a funds of P11.52 billion for 2026, however is predicted to replace its request after the lately accepted rescheduling of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
The P11.52-billion funds beneficial by the Division of Price range and Administration (DBM) was decrease than the P17.79 billion requested by the Comelec for 2026. It was additionally a lot decrease than the company’s P35.22-billion funds for 2025, however the DBM earlier mentioned it slashed the funds as a result of 2026 shouldn’t be an election yr.
The extra funds request will come after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed a legislation on August 13 to postpone the December 2025 barangay and SK elections to November 2026.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia had mentioned on August 11 that the company will request an extra P4-billion funds if the barangay and SK polls are rescheduled. He mentioned the ballot physique didn’t embody this in its 2026 funds proposal as a result of there was no legislation but suspending the village elections.
P11.59 billion had been allotted for the barangay and SK polls within the 2025 funds, and Garcia mentioned this quantity will nonetheless be used within the rescheduled polls for 2026.
The Comelec, nevertheless, will want an extra P4 billion for nearly 2.8 million new voters who shall be accommodated within the rescheduled elections. This extra funds may also cowl “further ballots, precincts, academics, and election paraphernalia.”
P8.9 billion of the proposed Comelec funds shall be for its central workplace in Intramuros, whereas the remainder shall be for its regional places of work.
The proposed funds consists of P2.58 billion for the “conduct and supervision of elections, referenda, recall votes, and plebiscites,” and P2.87 billion to arrange for the following nationwide and native elections in 2028.
It additionally consists of P3.43 billion for the development of the primary and built-in area workplace constructing of Comelec, a venture which, in response to Garcia, was eight a long time within the making. The Comelec is at the moment renting its places of work on the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila, and its new constructing is predicted to rise in Pasay Metropolis by 2028. – Rappler.com
