COMELEC starts training of Bataan BEIs

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Bataan provincial office has already started the certification training of about 16,000 board of election inspectors (BEIs) from 11 towns and this component city.

In a report from Jose Mari Garcia, provincial chief of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA-Bataan), the training being done at the Crown Royale Hotel will continue until March 24.

Eight batches of mostly public school teachers will undergo the two-day training. The first day includes discussions on the general instructions and rules on elections, parts and functions of the vote counting machines (VCM) given by COMELEC.

The second day consists of a written examination and actual use of the VCM facilitated by the provincial office of the Department of Science and Technology.

Meanwhile, in relation to the COMELEC rules every election season, Atty. Gilbert Almario, the election supervisor has been transferred to the province of Tarlac and replaced by his colleague Atty. Fernando Cot-om who now serves as interim provincial supervisor of COMELEC Bataan.

The change in places of assignments among COMELEC provincial officials will be implemented until June as stipulated in their agency’s rules.

“As of this time, the COMELEC Bataan has not received any election related complaints. We still continue enjoying peaceful situation months before the national and local elections,” Cris Manuel, assistant election supervisor said in an interview with PIA-Bataan. Manuel added that the PNP-Bataan is in constant coordination with COMELEC in monitoring the situations in all 237 barangays of the province.