00:00In other news, the first and historic local elections in the Bangsamoro region is scheduled for October this year.
00:06And the President wants complete focus on it by the poll body to get things right and through
00:11and without distraction from another nationwide local elections scheduled for December this year.
00:17As our Luisa Erisbe reports on the Comelec's readiness to adjust to the President's impending order.
00:22The Commission on Elections, Sir Comelec, is ready in case the Barangkayan SK elections this year is postponed.
00:32This after President Ferdinand R. Marcus Jr. himself mentioned in a forum in India
00:37that he will be signing the bill postponing the 2025 BSKE to prioritize the preparations for the first Barm parliamentary elections.
00:46However, Comelec recently held a voter registration that lasted 10 days
00:52and successfully catered 2.8 million voter registrants.
00:57Comelec assured their registration will not be put to waste.
01:00Rather, they will be registered for the next elections.
01:03Lahat po na nagparehistory na more or less 2.8 million sa sampung araw mula August 1 to August 10
01:09ay kung wala silang objection o position sa kanilang registration, sila ay registered voters na.
01:14Hindi po ito magbabago at hindi po mababaliwala ang kanilang registration.
01:19Umaasa po tayo na tama po, nagbigay ng pronouncement ang ating Pangulo
01:23na kanyang lalagdaan ang nasabing panukalang batas any moment from now.
01:28If officially postponed, Comelec will also reopen the registration which may start on October until July 2026.
01:37Kung sakali pong hindi kayo nakapagparehistro, pinalad, nagkaroon ng panahon,
01:41o talagang kinapos sa oras, itong nakaraang August 1 to 10,
01:45bubuksan po muli natin ang ating registration ngayong third week na October.
01:49Makatapos lang po kami sa Bangsamoro parliamentary elections.
01:53Meanwhile, Comelec has begun the procurement for the election parafernalia for the BSKE.
01:59But they clarified, this has yet to be delivered to their office.
02:02The 17 billion fund for the BSKE is still intact.
02:06Yan pong procurement, sinimulan na namin ang proseso pero wala pang delivery.
02:11Hindi pa po nagdi-deliver.
02:12So wala pa po kami technically nagagastos doon po sa ating pag-procure ng mga kagamitan.
02:19Intact po ang buong pondo na binigay sa atin para sa Bangsamoro,
02:23para sa Barangay and SK elections.
02:26Intact po lahat ang pondo na yan.
02:28And yan po ang nangyayari, continuing appropriation.
02:31Comelec plans to request an additional 4 billion pesos from Congress if the postponement proceeds.
02:38Muli kami mangingi ng dagdag na budget.
02:40Hindi po namin naisama yan o hindi nakasama yan sa proposal ng budget para sa 2026.
02:47Ga-a, wala po. Kasi siyempre, wala pa po kasing announcement at wala pa rin pong batas.
02:52Kung sakali po na mariset, nangyay kami ng dagdag na budget,
02:56kasi dumagdag ang 2.8 million na botante.
03:00Luisa Erispe from The National TV for a new and better Philippines.
