Comelec, posibleng magahol sa oras para sa plebesito ngayong taon
Comelec, posibleng magahol sa oras para sa plebesito ngayong taon
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00:00 The Commission on Elections clarified that they may not have enough time to produce a plebiscite this year for the charter change.
00:09 That's the report of Louisa Erispe.
00:11 The Commission on Elections has already launched various assumptions that may have an effect on the 2025 national and local elections.
00:22 The people's initiative for CHA-CHA is now moving.
00:25 In an interview with Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, he said that even if they accept the papers with signatures for the initiative,
00:34 it doesn't mean that the P.I. will be approved.
00:37 He said that they may have enough time to produce a plebiscite this year and to move forward with it until 2026.
00:47 We cannot have a plebiscite in 2025.
00:50 Especially January. It's crucial. January to April is crucial for Comelec.
00:58 We will print ballots, we will cleanse the list of voters, we will have voters education.
01:08 On November and December, we cannot do the plebiscite.
01:12 Garcia explained that even if they don't have enough time to verify, it's possible that their signature will be a plebiscite.
01:19 The process is very complicated.
01:21 It's to see if the signatures collected in each district are 3 percent and if 12 percent is enough for the whole country.
01:30 It's a period to make a determination.
01:32 It means that you can have a determination for a year.
01:38 We are not bound by the guidelines.
01:41 Determination of what?
01:42 Whether it's sufficient in form and substance or whether 12 percent or 3 percent is enough.
01:48 It's in our unit.
01:49 The determination by Comelec can take some time.
01:53 But the conduct of the election should proceed as is because it is the mandate of the Constitution.
01:59 The group of People's Initiative for Reform, Modernization and Action or PIRMA said that it is behind the distribution of PIRMAs across the country.
02:08 As of now, more than 2 million PIRMAs have been distributed across the country.
02:13 It's already 30 percent.
02:15 From the request of the law, it's 12 percent.
02:18 According to the group, it will take 2 to 3 months before they finish distributing the PIRMAs.
02:24 A lot of people were collated.
02:26 So probably in 2 to 3 months, they will finish.
02:29 So with regards to the filing, we will file it as soon as we have reached the threshold.
02:35 The group admitted that they approached congressmen for the places they will go to in each district.
02:41 Aside from this, they did not ask for any help from lawmakers.
02:46 And before the public signed, they clarified that it is written in the paper why they are filing it.
02:52 And this is to unify the vote of the Senate and the House of Representatives in the amendment of the Constitution.
02:58 It's fully transparent, fully understood by the people what they are signing because it is written in the signature form what they are filing.
03:08 Luisa Erispe, for the nation.
03:11 Sabayan.