The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported that at least 30 teachers from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have withdrawn from serving as members of the Election Registration Board (ERB) for the coming elections.
Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia said the teachers backed out due to various reasons, including existing medical conditions and their relationships to local candidates.
“We will deploy PNP personnel to replace them,” Garcia said.
In April, the Comelec requested at least 4,000 police personnel to serve as ERB members in the upcoming elections.
“We requested 4,000 PNP personnel to serve as ERB members,” he said.
“The PNP readied 9,000, at least double of our request,” Garcia added.
He noted that the Philippine National Police has begun deploying trained personnel as specialized ERBs, following the issuance of official deployment guidelines by the poll body.
