Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
1s Regular Session

504

House Bill No. _ 4

Introduced by Representatives EDVIC G. YAP, ERIC G. YAP, PAOLO Z.
DUTERTE, and JEFFREY SORIANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

According to the Local Government Code, the barangay serves as the basic political
unit which is tasked with primary planning and serves as an implementing unit of
government programs, basic services, projects and activities and as a forum of the

crystallized collective views of the people in the community.

Republic Act No. 9614 provides for the conduct of a synchronized elections for the
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials. RA 9164, however, was previously
amended by Republic Acts Nos. 9340, 10632, 10656, 10923, 10952, and 11642 wherein
these legislations provide for the postponement of the scheduled day of elections

based on valid justifications.

This bill seeks to postpone the December 2022 Barangay and SK elections in hopes to
address the interruption in the term of the incumbent barangay and SK officials,
extending their respective terms for another year. This will allow the said officials to
efficiently deliver all ongoing programs, services, and projects in the community,
especially in the expense of the proliferating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. After

all, the barangay is the backbone and the first line of defense of local governance.

This proposed measure aims to move the day of the synchronized Barangay and SK
elections to May 2024, which would allow a relief from the heavy social, economic,

and political toll that the elections, most especially presidential elections, entail


In view of the forégoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sough

EDVI: G. YAP PAOLO Z.|DUTERTE

nm JEFFREY SORIANO


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Is Regular Session

504

House Bill No.

Introduced by Representatives EDVIC G. YAP, ERIC G. YAP, PAOLO Z.
DUTERTE, and JEFFREY SORIANO

AN ACT
POSTPONING THE MAY 2023 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG
KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 9165, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO.
10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923, REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 10952, AND REPUBLIC ACT 11462 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Acts
Nos. 9340, 10632, 10656, 10923, 10952, and 11462, 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 program and sangguniang
Kabataan elections shall be held on the last Monday of October 2007 and
every three (3) years thereafter: Provided, That the barangay and
sangguniang kabataan elections on [October 23, 2017] December 5, 2022
shall be postponed to [December 5, 2022] THE SECOND MONDAY OF
MAY 2024. Subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang
kabataan elections shall be held on the second Monday of [December
2025] MAY 2027 and every three (3) vears thereafter.”

SEC. 2. Section 4 of the Republic Act No. 9164, as amended, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 4. Assumption of Office. - The term of office of barangay
sangguniang kabataan officials elected under this Act shall commence at
noon of June 30 next following their election.” Provided, however, That
the term of office of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials
elected in the [December 5, 2022] MAY 2024 elections and subsequently


thereafter, shall commence at noon of [January 1] JUNE 1 next following

their election.”
C. 3. Hold-Over. - Until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified, all incumbent barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials shall remain in

office, unless sooner removed or suspended for cause. Provided, That barangay and
sangguniang kabataan 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 sanggunian concerned until the next
barangay election. The Liga ng mga Barangay at the municipal, city, and provincial
levels shall, not later than July 31, 2023, conduct elections for ex officio positions in the
sanggunians under the supervision of the Department of the Interior and Local
Government.

SEC. 4. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, acts, presidential decrees, executive
orders, issuances, presidential proclamations, rules and regulations or parts thereof,
which are contrary to and inconsistent with any provision of this Act, are hereby
repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SEC. 5. Separability Clause. - If any portion or provision of this Act is declared
unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act or any provision not affected thereby shall
remain in force and effect.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect immediately following the
completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.

Approved,