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The postponement of the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls to December 2023 will incur an additional P5 billion on top of the P8 billion that has been allocated for it, the Commission on Elections chief said on Tuesday, Aug. 16.Comelec Chairman George Garcia attended the hearing of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms hearing, presided by its chair, Mountain Province Rep. Maximo Dalog Jr.
Garcia also took the opportunity to ask the lawmakers to increase the honoraria of teaching personnel, noting that the tax exemption for teachers was recently vetoed by the President. Garcia assured the House panel that the Comelec would “abide by the mandate of Congress and the executive as far as postponing the elections is concerned, whether May 2023 or Dec. 2023.”
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