Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, __4606_

Introduced by: HONORABLE HENRY S. OAMINAL

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to reset the synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan clec
scheduled to be held on the second Monday of May 2018 to the second Monday’ of May 2023

The Filipino people had just participated in the national and local elections last May
2019, that was barely a year after the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan was held in N
2018. Again, on the second Monday of May 2020, or a year after the holding of the national and
local elections, Republic Act No. 10952 mandated the synchronized elections of barangay’ and
sangguniang kabataan officials even when the COMELEC officials and employees, teachers.
members of civic and religious organizations, who are directly involved in the election activities
had barely warmed their seats and the sore losers have yet to accept their fate gracefully

ay

The resetting of the synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections thereto
will, according to the COMELEC. free us from “election fatigue”

The election of barangay and sangguniang kabataan is supposed to be a non-partis
political activity. Yet, our experience in so many past elections has shown time and again th:
barangay clection cannot be totally insulated from the undue influence of partisan politics. Th
it has caused divisiveness and has its share of some deplorable practices that trigger instanc
violence among political leaders and supporters.

It is therefore the paramount objective of this important piece of legislation to reset the
synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections scheduled to be held on the second
Monday of May 2020 to the second Monday of May 2023. This will definitely: allow the Filipinc
people to take a little longer pause before immersing themselves again into another political battle
that will certainly disturb the peaceful condition at the local level. It will also generate savings for
the government of more than Six Billion Pesos (P6 Billion) based on the appropriations cited
under Republic Act No. 10952

The foregoing reasons warrant the

approval of this bj

Deputy Speaker


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 4606

Introduced by’ HONORABLE HENRY S. OAMINAL.

AN ACT
RESETTING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT No. 9164, AS
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACTS NUMBERED 9340, 10632, 10656, 10923 AND
10952, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Acis
Numbered 9340, 10632, 10656, 10923 and 10952 is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“SECTION 1. Date of Election. ~ There shall be synchronized
barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections which shall be held on July
15, 2002. Subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan
elections shall be held on the last Monday of October 2007 and every
three years (3) years thereafter: Provided, That the barangay and
sangguniang kabataan elections on October 23, 2017 shall be postponed to
the second Monday of May 2018. Subsequent barangay and sangguniang
Kabataan elections shall be held on the second Monday of May [2020]
2023 and every three years thereafter

SEC. 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic
Acts Numbered 9340, 10632, 10656, 10923 and 10952, is hereby further amended
to read as follows

“SEC. 4. Assumption of Office. - The term of office of the
barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials elected under this Act shall
commence at noon of June 30 next following their elections: Provided,
however, That the term of office of the barangay and sangguniang
kabataan officials elected in the May [2020] 2023 election and
subsequently thereafter, shall commence at noon of June 30 next
following their election.”


SEC. 3. Holdover. ~ Until their successors shall have been duly elected
and qualified, all incumbent barangay officials shall remain in office, unless
sooner remove for cause: Provided, That barangay officials who are ex-officio
members of the sangguniang bayan, sangguniang panlungsod, or sangguniang
panlalawigan, as the case may be, shall continue to serve as such members in the
sangguniang concerned until the next barangay elections. The Liga ng mga
Barangay at the municipal, city, and provincial levels shall, not later July 31,
2023, conduct elections for ex-officio positions in the sanggunians under the
supervision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),

SEC. 4. Appropriations. — The amount necessary for the implementation
of this Act shall be charged against the appropriations of the Commission on
Elections (COMELEC) under the General Appropriations Act of the year
following its enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The COMELEC shall
issue the rules and regulations necessary to implement this Act

SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders, and
tules an regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. — If, for any reason, any section or provision
of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions
hereof shall not be affected and thereby remain in full force and effect.

SEC. 8. Effecti This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
Publication in the Official Gazette or in a national newspaper of general
circulation

Approved,