660 BSKE support staff in Kabankalan still unpaid

A total of 660 persons who served as support staff during the recently-concluded Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan elections in Kabankalan City have not yet been paid.

Mayor Benjie Miranda said today that the city election officer has asked his help in paying for the personnel they hired during the election.

Miranda said the budget needed to pay them is about P3.7 million.

“We are trying to look for a legal basis for them to get paid,” the mayor said.

He said the COMELEC admitted that they were at fault in hiring these people

“We are not saying that we are not going to help but the city government has no budget for it,” he pointed out.

Each support staff is entitled to a P5,500 each as an honorarium for the services they rendered.

Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, provincial election supervisor, said there is an ongoing investigation into the incident in Kabankalan City.* (EYAdiong)