Panayam kay Atty. George Garcia, Chairman ng Comelec | Balitanghali

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00:00In order to stop the printing of balotas for the election of 2025, we will still have Comlec Chairman George Garcia.

00:08Welcome to Balitang Hali, Chairman Garcia. This is Connie Sison.

00:12Good afternoon, Ma'am Connie. To our fellow countrymen, good afternoon.

00:16Is it true that earlier in Sandra's report, you can resume printing by Monday? Is that true?

00:23Hopefully, Ma'am Connie, because we are rushing to do everything,

00:28especially to include the name of the senatorial candidate who received the TRO.

00:33And of course, including our election management system, including the database,

00:38including the changes of all balot phases of the entire country.

00:43And hopefully, all of that will be completed, including the Trusted Build, until Monday.

00:48By Monday, we will be able to print back to zero our balotas.

00:53Okay. Is there any chance, sir, that because this is a TRO and there will be a change in the Supreme Court's decision,

01:02are we to say that we will be able to print again and how will be the direction of Comlec in that case?

01:11Ma'am Connie, someone asked us if there will be a new TRO.

01:15Yes.

01:16It will arrive on Sunday.

01:17Yes.

01:18You know, we are praying that this will be the last and the first restraining order,

01:24even though that is the discretion of our Supreme Court.

01:27We are just imitating that.

01:29We will see. You know, we have been doing this for two weeks.

01:33We printed six million balotas, Ma'am Connie.

01:36If we add this again, we will really be delayed.

01:40That is why I will not be able to answer the question of what will happen to us if there is a new TRO,

01:47for example, and our Supreme Court, without influencing the decision of the Supreme Court.

01:54Of course. But there is a huge loss, especially in our budget of 150 million pesos spent on ballot printing.

02:03Where will you get this 150 million that has been wasted?

02:08Actually, Ma'am Connie, we haven't talked about where we will get it.

02:12The Comlec can always realign in our budget.

02:15The important thing now is to start printing balotas again.

02:20On the average, we should be able to print two million balotas in one day if we start printing again.

02:29In the past, we should be able to print 950 to 1 million.

02:33Because of the delay, we should be able to print two million balotas.

02:38So that is the challenge we are facing.

02:41But again, to our fellow countrymen, don't worry.

02:44The Comlec can do this with God's help and mercy.

02:47At the same time, we are in control of the situation.

02:51So just to clarify, Chairman, the 50 aspirants given by the TRO, their names will be included in the reprinting?

02:59Yes. One is a national candidate for Senator and four is for local positions.

03:06Okay. While you are not reprinting the balotas, what are the preparations of the Comlec so that your time will not go to waste?

03:14Aside from the arrangements regarding the printing of balotas and balot phases,

03:19of course, we are preparing the training of electoral board members.

03:23That is almost one million in the whole country of members of the DepEd.

03:28At the same time, the support staff, along with the principals that we will train,

03:33how to use new machines, how to set up, for example, the Starlink that we will use on the day of the election.

03:40So all of these are included in our preparations.

03:44And of course, Ma'am Connie, we were also moved to do the mock election,

03:49not only here in our country but also abroad because of the change of the balota and names.

03:56So all of these are included in our preparations.

03:59All right. Thank you very much for the update and for your time.

04:03Thank you very much, Ma'am Connie.

04:05That was Comlec Chairman George Garcia.

Panayam kay Atty. George Garcia, Chairman ng Comelec | Balitanghali

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