00:00 In other news, the Commission on Elections clarified that it did not expect the ongoing charter change to be given to their additional P12 billion for 2024.
00:13 In an interview with Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, he explained that Comelec was the first to allocate more than P17 billion in the Congress' budget hearing
00:24 and that the P12 billion allocated to the agency will be used for the preparation of the national and local elections.
00:33 Comelec also agreed that if there will be a plebiscite regarding the People's Initiative, which will amend the Constitution,
00:40 it will cost P13 billion because the overseas Filipino voters should also be included in the vote.
00:48 Meanwhile, it is expected that the voter registration for the 2025 national and local elections will start on February 12.
00:57 It will last until September 30, 2024.
01:02 What is important is that we have a returnable budget.
01:06 Again, when we proposed to the Department of Budget and Management for our 2024 budget, we reduced P17.4 billion.
01:17 If we face Congress or the House of Representatives or the Senate, we will be asking for a return of P17.4 billion.
01:29 At the moment, Comelec is focused on resumption of our registration, which will start on February 12.
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