SA KABILA ng kinakaharap na kontrobersiya ay tuloy-tuloy lang ang Commission on Elections sa kanilang trabaho upang matiyak ang malinis at maayos na halalan sa darating na Mayo.

Sinabi ni Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez na nananatiling mataas ang moral ng mga kawani ng komisyon sa kabila ng kinakaharap nitong krisis.

“Because of this difference in perspective and perception, the morale of the Comelec is fairly good,” sabi ni Jimenez sa isang virtual press conference Huwebes ng hapon.

“I think the characterization of all these is a crisis something that we would hear outside the Comelec, but inside the Comelec, it’s really about just doing the work. Inside the Comelec people understand what’s going on, they understand what the demands on each commissioner are, and what the difficulties each commissioner would face when we talk about things like promulgating decisions or coming up these decisions,” dagdag pa niya.

Anya, talagang bumagal ang trabaho nang magka-Covid ang ilan sa mga staff ni Commissioner Aimee Ferolino dahilan para maantala ang pagpapalabas ng desisyon sa disqualification case laban kay presidential aspirant Ferdinand ‘Bongbog’ Marcos, Jr.

“One particular thing of note is of course that if you remember Commissioner Ferolino adverted to some of her staff getting Covid. We do feel the effect of Covid and we see how works slow down because of Covid,” ani Jimenez.

“So, for people in the Comelec that’s something easy to understand. People tend to think of things, ah nagkasakit ng Covid that’s not an excuse. You know there can be no excuses and these are absolutes the people talk about when dealing with things that are not within their normal experience,” dagdag pa niya.

Aniya, nauunawaan naman nila sa Comelec na mayroon talagang nangyaring pagkakaantala sa paglalabas ng resulta sa disqualification case ni Marcos.

“Dito sa Comelec, we see this all the time and we understand that there are delays that happened. We also understand that we do not throw the work delay around likely.”

“When you talk about delay kasi what you’re saying is that you’re missing a deadline but if there is no deadline to speak of, then you’re more careful about saying whether this is a delay or this is taking time, etc,” sabi pa niya.