Comelec Chairman George Garcia says the funds would be used to prepare for the 2025 national and local elections
an overall budget of P43.7 billion, but the executive branch only proposed P27.1 billion to Congress.
“We need at least the entire P5 billion which was removed from the budget,” Comelec Chairman George Garcia told lawmakers. There are two major electoral exercises scheduled in 2025 – the midterm polls in May which would elect all national and local posts except for president and vice president, and the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls in December.
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