Winning candidates in the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) should assume office during a three-week transition period, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday.
“Ang transition period na binibigay natin ay three weeks. Merong three weeks para maging natural ang transition dito,” Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said in a press conference. “Kunwari na-proklama ka pa, hindi ka pa nag-o-oath, puwede kang mag-oath within three weeks para proper,” Abalos added. After taking the oath, Abalos advised new officials to coordinate with the concerned DILG officers for a proper turnover of properties. “Ayaw po nating magkagulo,” he said.
Commission on Elections Chairperson George Garcia on Monday said that while they were calling for a one-week transition period, he had asked Abalos if the DILG could study having a transition period. Despite reports of election-related violence, Garcia had declared the BSKE 2023 “a victory of sorts,” adding that no election had ever been perfect. “When you say generally peaceful when you say incidents, we have to factor in the number of voters involved. We have 92 million registered voters.
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