FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S. NO. 2756 
'11 
MAR 23 
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Introduced by Senator Franklin M. Orilon 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Under Republic Act No. 9333, regular elections for elective officials of the 
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) this year, 2011, has been set to 
August 11, the second (2nd) Monday of August. The conduct of a separate elections for 
the ARMM will cost P1.8 Billion this year. 
It is opportune time for the new administration to be more prudent and 
discerning in its current expenditures. The savings to be realized from the 
postponement of the elections may instead be used for urgent social services and 
physical infrastructures needed in the region. 
To allow for cost-efficiency, this bill proposes for the synchronization of the 
elections and the term of office of the elective officials of the ARMM with those of the 
national and local officials. The regular elections for the Regional Governor, Regional 
Vice Governor and Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly this year shall be 
postponed and will be moved :to the second (2
nd
) Monday of May 2013, together with 
the regular elections of other local government officials. The synchronization will allow 
for government to reduce its expenditures on the frequent conduct of various elections 
Moreover, to avoid a vacancy when the term of office of incumbent officials 
expires, it is proposed that the President shall appoint officers-in-charge in the interim 
period. The appointed OICs 'shall be prohibited from running in the next regular 
elections. 
We appeal for the immediate passage of this bill. 
Senator 


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
·11 
MAR 23 
AlO :29 
SENATE 
S. No.2756 
Introduced by: Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON 
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE ELECTIONS AND THE 
TERM OF OFFICE OF THE ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN 
MUSLIM MINDANAO (ARMM) WITH THOSE OF THE NATIONAL AND OTHER 
LOCAL OFFICIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9333, 
ENTITLED "AN ACT FIXING THE DATE FOR REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE 
OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO", AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled. 
Section 1. Regular Elections. -
For purposes of synchronization of 
elections, which is envisioned by the 1987 Constitution, the regular elections for 
the Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the Regional 
Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) 
shall be held on the second (2nd) Monday of May 2013. 
Succeeding regular 
elections shall be held on the same date every three (3) years thereafter. 
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Section 2. Terms of Office of Elective Regional Officials. - The term of 
office of the Regional Governor, Regional Vice Governor and Members of the 
Regional Legislative Assembly of the ARMM shall be for a period of three (3) 
years, which shall begin at noon on the thirtieth (30th ) day of September next 
following the day of the election and shall end at noon of the same date three (3) 
years thereafter. 
Section 3. End of Term of Office of the Incumbent Elective Officials. -
Pursuant to the three (3)-year term limit mandated by Section 8 of Article X of 
the 1987 Constitution, all incumbent elective officials of the ARMM elected in the 
second (2nd) regular election under Republic Act No. 9333 shall hold office only 
until noon of the thirtieth (30th ) day of September 2011. 
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Section 4. Appointment of 0fficers-in-Charge. - For the transitory period 
which is necessitated by the synchronization of the ARMM elections with the 
regular elections in 2013, to avoid a vacancy that will be created when the term 
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of office of incumbent officers of the ARMM expires at noon of the thirtieth (30th) 
day of September 2011, the President of the Republic of the Philippines shall 
appoint officers-in-charge who will take over the functions of the incumbent 
elective officials of the ARMM at the end of their term on noon of the thirtieth 
(30th ) day of September 2011. 
Section S. Qualifications. - No person shall be appointed as officer-in 
charge unless he or she complies with the qualifications for Regional Governor, 
Regional Vice Governor or Members of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the 
ARMM, as provided in Republic Act No. 90S4, entitled: "An Act to Strengthen and 
Expand the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 
Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 6734, Entitled ' An Act Providing for 
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao', As Amended". 
Section 6. Ineligibility of Appointed Officers-in-Charge. -
Appointed 
officers-in-charge referred to in Section 5 hereof shall be ineligible to run as 
candidates for elective positions in the next regular elections of the ARMM which 
shall be held on the second (2nd) Monday of May 2013. 
Section 7. Study and Review of the Organic Act. - The appointed Members 
of the Regional Legislative Assembly of the ARMM shall conduct a study and 
review of Republic Act No. 9054 and submit recommendations to the Congress of 
the Philippines within six (6) months from their assumption into office. 
Section 8. Repealing Clause. -
All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this 
Act are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly. 
Section 9. Effectively Clause. - This Act shall take effect immediately upon 
the completion of its publication in a newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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