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Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said Wednesday he supports a plan to file charges against teachers and police officers who backed out of poll duties at the last minute during the barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections .
On Tuesday, the Commission on Elections vowed to file criminal and administrative charges against teachers and cops who delayed the 2023 BSKE due to their sudden withdrawal from poll duties. Asked what made even the police officers, the backup Board of Election Inspectors, also beg off, Garcia said the police said they were caught off guard by the sudden need to render election service.“They said it was about a short amount of time. Yes, it was a short time, but we trained them for it,” Garcia said.
Also on Wednesday, the Comelec said almost all barangays have proclaimed winners in the Oct. 30 BSKE.Over 1 million candidates participated in the village and youth polls.
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