Teachers have yet to receive their allowance from COMELEC

FILE PHOTO: Teachers on Board of Election Inspector's (BEI's) training in

preparation of 2016 National Elections. CT Rita Salonga of RH Radio

Almost a month has passed after the May 9 elections and yet more than 66,000 teachers who served as Board of Elections Inspectors have yet to receive their allowance from the Commission on Elections.

According to COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista, out of the 476,000 BEI, 86 percent of them have been paid their Php4,500 honorarium already.

Bautista said that one of the reasons of the delay of payment is that the money from the field officials was not given to the poll workers or if ever it was, then it was not deposited in the bank.

Also, there is a possibility that the transaction on the automated teller machines of the Land Bank of the Philippines was unsuccessful.

The law states that the government should pay those served as poll workers within 15 days after they rendered their service.

What or whoever is the cause of delay in paying the said honorarium may be charged with an election offense.