Comelec, nanindigan na nasa guidelines ang pagtanggap ng mga papel na may pirma ukol sa people's...
Comelec, nanindigan na nasa guidelines ang pagtanggap ng mga papel na may pirma ukol sa people's initiative sa Cha-Cha
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00:00 The Comelec, who is in the law,
00:02 has been accused of accepting papers with signatures
00:05 until the People's Initiative
00:07 and the Charter Change or CHACHA
00:10 that was proposed by Louisa E. Ristre.
00:12 Almost 700 local Comelec offices in the country
00:17 have been accepted for papers with signatures
00:20 for the People's Initiative for CHACHA.
00:22 But there is still someone who is against
00:25 the acceptance of Comelec of the scattered signatures.
00:27 Election lawyer attorney Romulo Macalintal said
00:30 that Comelec should not accept these documents.
00:34 First, there is no petition for the People's Initiative.
00:38 He said that the petition should be first before the signature.
00:42 But this statement was immediately denied
00:45 by Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia.
00:47 If he will continue, they have no choice.
00:50 This is the only thing that is in the guidelines
00:52 for the People's Initiative.
00:53 Comelec has no choice at this point.
00:56 Number one, it is our ministerial duty.
00:58 It is all preliminary.
01:01 There is no formal petition that Comelec is sending.
01:05 If there is no rules, there is no guidelines.
01:07 Why should we accept the additional work?
01:10 That is why it is in the guidelines.
01:11 The guidelines that Comelec is saying
01:13 is the Resolution No. 10650
01:16 on Rules and Regulations for the Initiative.
01:18 In Article 2, Section 12,
01:20 it is stated that before submitting the petition,
01:23 the bank will have a certification from the Comelec offices
01:28 if they submitted several documents.
01:31 The verification will not be approved
01:33 if there are no certifications, even if there is a petition.
01:36 If someone submits a petition before the national election
01:40 in the next year, it will have a big effect on the election.
01:43 But it will not be approved if the petition is still in the guidelines.
01:47 The possibility is very high that if we start the verification,
01:51 if we reach that point,
01:53 we will have to suspend the registration of voters.
01:57 Meanwhile, Comelec also answered the question
01:59 of the Department of Interior and Local Government
02:02 if the barangay officials can be the first to sign.
02:05 Garcia said,
02:07 At the moment, we do not have jurisdiction
02:09 on all elected barangay officials.
02:13 That is the jurisdiction of other departments of the government.
02:16 Comelec also said that it is not the time for the election
02:19 so the Omnibus Election Code will not be passed.
02:22 But if the signatures are already in the verification,
02:24 they will be investigated here.
02:26 Even the NBI is not investigating
02:29 if there is a conspiracy behind the distribution of signatures.
02:32 NBI Director Medardo Delemos said
02:35 that they will only move when they receive an official request.
02:39 But for now, they will not interfere in the issue.
02:42 We have not yet received such requests for us to investigate.
02:47 But the NBI would like to veer away from issues or matters
02:52 that would have some political undertones.
02:54 Luisa Erispe for the nation.