Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. _ 1958

Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to change the term of office of all barangay officials from three (3) years
to five (5) years, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the
Local Government Code. The said extension is deemed necessary in order to ensure that the
programs of the barangays are properly carried out.

The barangay is the smallest unit of the government. As defined by the Local
Government Code, it serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of government
policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and as a forum wherein the
collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered, and where
disputes may be amicably settled.

However, because the three-year term, barangay officials rarely finish the programs
they intend to accomplish at the start of their term because the major reforms in their
barangays need more time to come into fruition. It becomes of paramount importance,
therefore, that the term be extended to five years.

Moreover, the extension of the term of the barangay officials will greatly reduce the
expenses used for local elections. With 42,036 barangays nationwide, holding of said elections
costs the government a great deal of money, which if saved, can be put to use for other
important government projects and programs.

GUS'S. TAMBUN" IG


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1959

Introduced by HON. GUS S. TAMBUNTING

AN ACT
CHANGING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF ALL ELECTIVE BARANGAY OFFICIALS.
AND MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN FROM THREE (3) YEARS.
TO FIVE (5) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 43 OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
the Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Term of Office. Section 43 of Republic Act No. 7160 as amended,
otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

“SECTION 43. Term of Office. (a) The term of all elective officials after
the effectivity of this Code shall be three (3) years, starting from noon of June
30, 1992 or such date as maybe provided for by law, except that of elective
barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan. Provided, that all
local officials first elected during the local elections immediately following the
ratification of the 1987 Constitution shall serve until noon of June 30, 1992.

(b) No local elective official shall serve for more than three (3)
consecutive terms in the same position. Voluntary renunciation of the office for
any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the continuity of
the service for the full term for which the elective official concerned was elected.

(c) The term of office of barangay officials and members of the
Sangguniang Kabataan shall be for five (5) [three (3)], which shall begin after
the SYNCHRONIZED regular election of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
officials on the LAST [second] Monday of October 2016 [May 1997, Provided,
that the Sangguniang Kabataan members who were elected in the May 1996
elections shall serve until the next regular election of barangay officials]


(d)_ NO BARANGAY ELECTIVE OFFICIAL SHALL SERVE FOR MORE THAN
THREE (3) CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN THE SAME POSITION, PROVIDED
HOWEVER THAT THE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE RECKONED FROM THE
SYNCHRONIZED BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS HELD
ON THE LAST MONDAY OF OCTOBER 2007. VOLUNTARY RENUNCIATION OF
THE OFFICE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS AN
INTERRUPTION IN THE CONTINUITY OF THE SERVICE FOR THE FULL TERM
FOR WHICH THE ELECTIVE OFFICIAL CONCERNED WAS ELECTED.

SECTION 2. Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. The
synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections shall be held, as
scheduled, on the last Monday of October 2016. Subsequent synchronized barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan elections shall be held every five (5) years thereafter.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic
Act No. 9340, Republic Act No. 10742 and all laws, rules and regulations, which are
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date
of its publication in the Official Gazette or in any newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,