Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HOUSE  BILL No.
RECEIVED
I     DATE NOV    1  6  2023
•_   TIME -%„_Gdy
lntroducedby:HONORABLEROSEMARIECONEJOSPANOTES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
TherecentSupremeCourtrulinginthecaseofMacalintalversusComelec,G.R.263590(June27,
2023)hasdeclaredasunconstitutionalRepublicActNo.11935,thelawwhichpostponedtheholdingof
BarangayandSangguniangKabataanelections(BSKE)fromitsinitialscheduleofDecember5,2022tothe
lastMondayofOctober2023.However,theSupremeCourtrecognizedthepracticalityandnecessityof
proceedingwiththeconductofBSKEonthelastMondayofOctober2023.TheSupremeCourtruling
thereforedirectingtheComelectoconductjustthesametheBSKEonDecember5,2025asmandatedby
Republic  Act  No.  11462  will  effectively  shortened  the  term  of  Barangay  and  Sangguniang  Kabataan
officials to two (2) years and two (2) months.
Theelectionofbarangayofficialsandmembersofthesangguniangkabataanissupposedtobea
non-partisanpoliticalactivity.Yet,ourexperienceinsomanypastelectionshadshowntimeandagain
thatbarangayelectionscannotbetotallyinsulatedfromtheundueinfluenceofpartisanpolitics.Thus,it
hascauseddivisivenessandhasitsshareofsomedeplorablepracticesthattriggerinstancesofviolence
amongpoliticalleadersandsupporters.Infact,newsreportsrevealthattherecentlyconcludedbarangay
andsangguniangkabataanelectionshadrecordedthemostnumberofdeathsandinjuredinrecent
memory.
Thisbmseekstochangethetermofbarangayofficialsandmembersofthesangguniangkabataan
fromthree(3)yearstofive(5)yearsastheholdingofBSKEforamuchlongerperiodoftimewillprovide
amorebreathingspaceforfamilydivisivenessandelectionviolencenottomentionthecosttobeentailed
bythegovernmentfortheholdingofsuchpoliticalexercise.
Inviewoftheforegoingreasons,theimmediateapprovalofthisimportantpieceoflegislationis
earnestly sought.
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ROSEMARl
S PANOTES
Representative
Second District, Camarines Norte


Republic Of the Philippines
rousE OF REPRESENIATIVEs
Quezon Cfty
N INETEENIH CONK;RESS
Second Regular Session
HOUSEBILLNo.   %§1
lrtrodueed by: LroNORABLE ROSEVARIE CoNElos PAroTEs
ANACT
CLIANGING   TERM   oF   BARANGAy   OFFK:IArs   AND    MEMBERs   of   THE   SANGGUNLANG
RAEIATAAN FROM TiiREE (3) To FIVE (5) yEARs, AMENDING roR THE PuRposE sECTroN 43 (c)
OF  REPuBLK:  ACT  NO.  7160,  OTHERwtsE  KhK}WN  AS  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENIT  CODE  OF
1991, AS A MENDED
Be it enacted by the Serrate and the House of Representatives
Of the Philtrypines in Congress assembled..
SECTroN   1.  Section  43  of   Republic  Act   No.  7160,   otherwise   known  as  the   Local
Government Code Of 1991, as amended, is heredy amended to read as follows:
`SECTroN 43.  Term Of Office.  -  (a) The term of office of all elective officials after the
effectivfty Of this Code shall be for three (3) years. staiting from rroon of June 30, 1992 or such
date as may be provided for dy law, except that of elective barangay offieiais 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  renuneiation  Of  the  office  for  any   length  of  time  shall   rrot   be
considered as an irferrupt.Ion in the continufty Of service for the full term for which the elective
official com:erned was elected.
(c) The term of off.Ice Of  barangay officials and  members of the sangguniang  kabataan
shall be for [three  (3)I FIVE (5) years, which sh8all begin after the regular election Of  barangay
officials on the  LAST MONDAY OF OCTOBER 2023.


SEC.  2.  Republic  Acts  Numbered  8524,  9164,  9340,  10632,10656,  10923,  11462,  and
11935, and all other laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent
with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) after its publication in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,