Congress is mulling over the postponement for the third time of the elections for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials despite assurances from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on its readiness to hold it as scheduled on Dec. 5 this year.
Last Aug. 16, the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms voted to reset the electoral exercise to Dec. 4, 2023. The Senate has yet to decide on two pending bills deferring the local polls.
Why do lawmakers want to postpone barangay and SK elections again?
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Sources
House of Representatives Philippines Official Facebook Page, Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, Aug. 16, 2022
Senate of the Philippines, Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, Aug. 23, 2022
House votes to postpone Barangay and SK elections to December 2023
- CNN Philippines, House panel OKs motion to move barangay, SK polls to December 2023, Aug. 16, 2022
- Inquirer.net, House panel OKs bills postponing barangay, SK elections in December, Aug. 16, 2022
- BusinessMirror, House panel OKs postponement of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls to Dec ’23, Aug. 16, 2022
On bills filed to postpone BSKE
- Senate of the Philippines, Senate Bills No. 288, 453
- House of Representatives, House Bills No. 480, 121, 937, 949, 1035, 1110, 1367, 1696, 2071, 2185, 1138, 2476, 2932, 2984, 3310, 3324, 3384, 3426, 3427
Atty. Michael Henry Yusingco, Personal communication (Interview), Aug. 22, 2022
ABS-CBN News, Postponement of brgy, SK elections more costly: Sen. Ejercito, Aug. 18, 2022
Official Gazette of the Philippines, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Comelec, Report on 2018 BSKE Sex-Disaggregated Data, April 1, 2019
Official Gazette of the Philippines, Republic Act 10952, July 24, 2017
Official Gazette of the Philippines, Republic Act 11462, July 22, 2019
NAMFREL Official Facebook Page, NAMFREL Counters Arguments for BSKE Postponement and Urges COMELEC to Exercise Power to Decide When to Hold BSKE, Aug. 22, 2022
PPCRV Official Facebook Page, We, the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting | PPCRV, unequivocally oppose the postponement of the 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections scheduled for December 5, 2022, Aug. 15, 2022
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