Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. ___ 650

Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA 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 of 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.

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IYRA S. TAMBUNTING



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 650

Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA 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 May 2021 [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 May 2021. 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,