Comelec preps for 2025 polls in full swing

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00:00The Commission on Elections or COMELEC is already eyeing several important tasks that need to be accomplished before the holding of the 2025 midterm polls.

00:09Among them is the actual printing of ballots and the much-anticipated release of the official list of aspirants,

00:16which even the poll body admits may still be revised depending on the decision on pending an appeal on disqualification cases.

00:23BTV's Luisa Erispe has more.

00:26The Commission on Elections is in full swing preparing for the 2025 national and local elections.

00:32Starting next week, the Commission is scheduled to start printing ballots at the National Printing Office.

00:38On January 6, we will start printing ballots. In fact, we will witness all of that.

00:49The Commission will start printing ballots for overseas voting, which is about 1.3 million pieces.

00:55This is because most countries allow internet voting for OFWs.

00:59But before the printing starts, on Sunday, the COMELEC is also expected to release the ballot face templates.

01:05These contain names of the candidates which will be included in the official ballots to be printed.

01:10The COMELEC explained, though they are ready for the scheduled printing and with a complete official list of aspirants in hand,

01:17they still anticipate changes on the list due to pending appeals and unresolved disqualification cases before the Unbank and the Supreme Court.

01:25There is a wording there that there may be names that are included but can still be removed when the final and executive judgment of the Commission is released.

01:56If you read the COMELEC's resolution, it is very ridiculous.

02:04Their basis is that Section 261 of the Omnibus Election Code is violated.

02:13But it is very clear, even if you read it now, that this will only be violated on the day of the election.

02:25This is because he was not using any false information.

02:28Rather, he was just asking for clarifications on the contract of the COMELEC and Mirosystems Company Limited, the country's ACM provider for the election.

02:38What I am saying is my constitutional right to criticize a government agency and whoever is being paid by the Filipinos.

02:54I am a taxpayer. I am not an ordinary taxpayer.

03:02They want to keep my constitutional right.

03:07And by disqualifying me, they are making fun of me.

03:13The COMELEC chairman welcomed his appeal before the High Court, but said they will proceed with the printing of ballots as scheduled.

03:20As long as we do not receive a temporary restraining order or a suspension from the Supreme Court,

03:26we will have to proceed with the printing of the ballots.

03:28I am officially writing a letter to our Honorable Chief Justice, informing the Supreme Court through the Chief Justice,

03:35that we will already start printing of the ballots by January 6, by Monday.

03:40It is not to influence the Supreme Court on what to do with the cases that affect them,

03:45but to avoid what happened in the past elections,

03:49where the COMELEC was angry because it did not inform our Supreme Court of any updates in our preparation.

03:57From People's Television Network, Luisa Erispe, Balitang Pambansa.

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