By Junex Doronio
GOOD NEWS for the teachers who sacrificed as poll workers during the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
On Thursday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced that more than 90 percent of the teachers who served as poll workers have received their intended honoraria.
In a public briefing, Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco asked the unpaid electoral board members to immediately proceed to their respective local Comelec offices.
“90% plus na kasi ang nabayaran namin ng honoraria. Kayo na lang po ang natitira na less than 10%. Sana kayo’y tumungo na sa tanggapan ng local Comelec para matanggap niyo na without delay at agad-agad ang inyong honoraria,” Laudiangco said.
He added that poll workers have to personally obtain their honoraria from the Comelec since they have to sign certain payroll documents.
It was learned that the teachers who served as Chairman and electoral board members for BSKE would receive P10,000 and P9,000 of honoraria, respectively.
In the previous polls, their honoraria only got P6,000 and P5,000 for the chairman and electoral board member respectively.
Comelec chairman George Garcia earlier said that under the law, the poll body is allowed to pay the teachers within 15 days after the elections, and the BSKE was just held last October 30.
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