Comelec exec lauds passage of bill for tax-free election honoraria

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Comelec Commissioner George Garcia lauded the passage of a bill in Congress that seeks to make poll honoraria tax-free. | DFernandezINQ

In the meantime, Comelec chair Saidamen Pangarungan expressed the poll body’s support to the proposed electoral reform initiatives by a Senate panel.

Pangarungan, along with other Comelec officials, attended a hearing of the Senate electoral reforms committee earlier on Tuesday to assess the recently concluded polls. “As the Chairman of the Commission on Elections, I would like to state my categorical support for the various electoral reform initiatives being proposed by the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation,” Pangarungan said in a statement.He added: “The COMELEC highly values the various inputs and points raised during the fruitful public hearing held earlier.

 

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