Comelec to consult Negros Or. voters on BSKE reset

By Macon Ramos-Araneta

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will call a public hearing on all towns in Negros Oriental for consultations on the proposal of Senator Francis Tolentino to defer the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the province due to violence.

In yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on public order and Dangerous Drugs, Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia said they will commence the public hearing after the

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filing of the certificates of candidacy on August 28 for the BSKE.

Garcia said the Comelec will make a decision on the second or third week of September.

He said they will also consider the recommendations of the military and the police regarding the proposed postponement of the polls.

The poll body will also consider Tolentino’s statement regarding the results of a survey in Region 7 or Negros Oriental that majority of the residents favor a deferment of the elections.

During the Senate hearings, residents