PPCRV: Up to 300,000 volunteers to help monitor BSKE 2023

Around 250,000 to 300,000 volunteers across the country are expected to join monitoring the developments for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE 2023) on Monday, October 30, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said Sunday.

In a Super Radyo dzBB interview, PPCRV national coordinator Arwin Serrano said that the council will hold a send-off ceremony for their volunteers at various times on Sunday. This will be conducted before or during a mass.

He also said that the PPCRV is still trying to find volunteers for some areas that they cannot monitor.

“Mayroon kaming mga iba’t ibang lugar na hindi mababantayan. Nalulungkot din ako kasi mayroon talagang ilang lugar na hindi talaga natin mababantayan,” Serrano said.

(We have various areas that we can’t monitor. I'm sad because of this.)

PPCRV is the accredited citizen's arm of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Philippine National Police chief Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. on Friday said that it is “all systems go” for the security of the BSKE.

Voting will be conducted from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Comelec earlier said.

There are 42,001 barangays in the Philippines, the same number of posts for chairpersons of barangay and SK up for grabs in BSKE 2023.

A total of 828,644 candidates are running for barangay chairpersons and kagawad. —KG, GMA Integrated News