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Sara glad Comelec won't file raps vs teachers who skipped BSKE duty

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Voting begins at a village" s="" basketball="" court="" in="" Brgy.="" Batasan="" Quezon="" City="" for="" the="" Barangay="" and="" Sangguniang="" Kabataan="" elections="" on="" October="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/11/04/20231030-bske-quezon-city-md4.jpg"/><figcaption>Voting begins at a village&#x27;s basketball court in Brgy. Batasan Hills, Quezon City for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte, who is also education secretary, on Saturday welcomed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/03/23/comelec-wont-sue-teachers-who-backed-out-of-bske2023">not to sue</a> teachers who backed out from poll duties in the recent local elections. </p><p>Duterte thanked Comelec &quot;for recognizing the various threats that confronted them during this time.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/01/23/understand-why-teachers-withdrew-from-bske-duty-comelec-urged">Understand why teachers withdrew from BSKE duty, Comelec urged</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/30/23/vp-sara-no-harassment-of-teachers-reported-in-bske">VP Sara: No harassment of teachers reported in BSKE 2023</a></li></ul><div><strong>&#x27;Sue those who may have threatened teachers&#x27;</strong></div><p>She said it was important for Comelec, however, to hold accountable those who possibly intimidated or threatened these teachers in relation to their election duty. </p><p>&quot;We also stand with Comelec in its resolve to file charges against those who intimidated, harassed, and threatened our teachers,&quot; said Duterte. </p><p>&quot;Such acts of violence and coercion not only jeopardized the safety and security of our educators, but also undermined their dedication to service,&quot; she added. </p><p>Comelec Chairman George Garcia earlier said they do not have a total number yet of those who backed out on election day but said only a few did.</p><p>Most of the teachers who backed out were in the Bangsamoro region, he also said.</p><p>Garcia said he wanted to look into the reason that they backed out and fidn out if they were threatened. </p><p>The Teachers&#x27; Dignity Coalition earlier said that if the teachers &quot;withdrew because they felt an imminent threat to their life, health, and safety,&quot; the Comelec should recognize that as a valid reason.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2861901" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Sara glad Comelec won't file raps vs teachers who skipped BSKE duty

Job Manahan,

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Published Nov 04, 2023 04:39 PM PHT

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