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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2483

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by
HON. ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING and HON. HORACIO P. SUANSING, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill provides for the postponement of the Synchronized Barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections scheduled on the second Monday
of May 2020 to the second Monday of October 2022.

In October 2017, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
signed into law Republic Act No. 10952 which provided for the
postponement of the scheduled October 23, 2017 barangay and
sangguniang kabataan elections until the second Monday of May 2018. The
term of office of both the barangay and SK officials elected under the
aforementioned law commenced on June 30, 2018 or a term of office
equivalent to two (2) years.

This bill seeks to address the truncated terms of office of the Barangay
and Sangguniang Kabataan officials and allow them have a full five-year (5
year) term of office to finish the programs and projects. This bill is filed in
response to the call of President Rodrigo R. Duterte in his 4% State of the
Nation Address to postpone the Barangay and SK elections from May 2020
to October 2022.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is earnestly requested.

‘A B. SU: HORACIO P. oe JR.
1st District, Nueva Ecij 2n4 District; Sultan Kudarat



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

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 2483

HON. ESTRELLITA B. SUANSING and HON. HORACIO P. SUANSING, JR.

Introduced by

PROVIDING FOR THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE MAY 2020
BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952,

SYNCHRONIZED

AN ACT

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. 10952, is hereby amended to

read as follows:

SEC. 2. Section 2 of Republic Act No. 10952, is hereby amended to read as

follows:

“SEC. 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 (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
synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections
shall be held on the [second Monday of May 2020] LAST
MONDAY OF OCTOBER 2022 and every three (3) years
thereafter.”

“SEC. 4. Assumption of Office. - The term of office of the
barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials elected under


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this Act shall commence at noon of NOVEMBER 30 next
following their election.[: Provided, however, That the term of
office of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials
elected in the May 2020 elections and subsequently
thereafter, shall commence at noon of June 30 next following
their elections.”

SEC. 3. Hold-over. - Until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified, all incumbent barangay officials shall remain in office, unless
sooner removed or suspended 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 sanggunian concerned until the
next barangay election. The Liga ng mga Barangay at the municipal, city,
and provincial levels shall, not later than December 31, 2022, conduct
elections for ex officio positions in the sanggunians under the supervision of
the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

SEC. 4. Appropriations. - The budgetary allocation needed to carry out the
provisions of this Act is hereby authorized to be appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act of the year immediately following its enactment into law.

SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Commission on
Elections shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations
necessary to implement this Act.

SEC. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Effectivity Clause. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.