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Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
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The Local Government Code of 1991, R.A. No. 7160 has provided for 
sectoral representatives in the composition and membership of the various local 
sangguniangs. 
Notwithstanding the effectivity of said Local Government Code on January 
1, 1992, the full composition of said local sangguniangs have not yet been 
completed due to the absence of an enabling law which shall provide for the 
election of some of said sectoral representatives. 
This bill is intended to fill up said legislation vacuum, and is aimed to 
provide for the election of the sectoral representatives to said sangguniangs as 
provided in the R. A. No. 7160. 
It is hoped that the election of said sectoral representatives will further 
invigorate the local sangguniangs with the addition of fresh blood, and make 
them more responsive to the common interests, causes, and aspirations of the 
particular sectors which will be represented in said sanggunians. 
The approval of this proposed bill, is therefore, recommended. 
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Introduced by Senator JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTIONS OF THE SECTORAL 
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SANGUNIANG BAYAN, SANGUNIANG 
PANLUNGSOD, AND SANGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN, FIXING THE DATES 
THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of fhe 
Philippines in the Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Sectoral Representatives to be Elected. - There shall be 
three (3) Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang 
Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Panlalawigan who shall be elected pursuant to 
this Act: (a) one (I) 
from the women sector; and as shall be determined by said 
sangguniangs, (b) one (I) 
from the agricultural or industrial workers; and (c) one 
(1) from the urban poor, or indigenous cultural minorities, or disabled sector, or 
any other sector. 
SECTION 2. Determination of Sectoral Groups by the Sangguniangs. 
- It shall be obligatory for the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, 
and Sangguniang Panlalawigan to determine, as provided under R.A. No. 7169, 
which other sectoral group, aside from women sector, shall be entitled to a seat, 
and be represented in their respective sangguniangs; (a) whether it shall be the 
agricultural or industrial workers; and (b) whether it shall be the urban poor, or 
indigenous cultural minorities, or the disabled sector, or any other sector. The 
determination of said sectoral groups shall be made in accordance with the 
criteria and guidelines for the purpose, and within the reglamentary period 
provided in, and consistent with, the calendar of election activities and processes 
which shall be issued by the Commission on Elections for the holding of the 
elections of sectoral representatives provided in this Act. 


SECTION 3. Date of Elections. - The election of the Sectoral 
Representatives to the Sanguniang Bayan and Sanguniang Panlungsod shall be 
held to coincide with the next local elections and the election of the sectoral 
representatives to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall be held thirty days (30) 
after local election. 
SECTION 4. Manner offdecfions . - 
(a)The Sectoral Representatives to the Sangguniang Bayan and 
sangguniang Panlungsod shall be elected by the qualified voters of 
the municipality or city, who are registered members of duly accredited 
sectoral organizations of the sectors to which the nominees or 
candidates respectively belong; 
(b) The Sectoral representatives to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall 
be elected by, and from among, the elected sectoral representatives to 
the Sanguniang Bayan and Sanguniang Panlungsod of all the 
municipalities and component cities within the jurisdiction of each 
province, respectively belonging to the same sectors as that of the 
nominees or candidates; 
(c) The vacancies which will be created by the election to the position of 
Sectoral Representatives to the Sanguniang Panlalawigan of the 
elected Sectoral Representatives to the Sanguniang Bayan and 
Sanguniang Panlungsod, shall be filled by the nominees or candidates 
who obtained the second highest number of votes among the 
nominees or candidates of the sectors where the vacancies occurred, 
and in default of the latter, by the nominees or candidates who 
obtained the next highest number of votes. 
SECTION 5. Term of Office. - The term of office of the first set of sectoral 
representatives who shall be elected under this Act shall be co- extensive with 
the remaining period of the term of office of the regular elected members of the 
respective sanguniangs to which they were elected, irrespective of the date of 
their election and assumption of office. The succeeding sectoral representative 
who shall be elected in regular elections shall have the same term of office as the 
regular elected members of said sangguniangs. 
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SECTION 6. Conduct and Supervision of Elections; powers of the 
Commission on Elecfions; Applicabilify of the Qmnibus Elecfion Code and 


other Existing Election Laws. - The Commission on Election shall conduct and 
supervise the elections of the sectoral representatives to the sangguniangs as 
herein provided, and in addition to the powers vested in said Commission under 
the Constitution and other existing election laws, it shall promulgate and issue 
the necessary implementing guidelines, rules and regulations, and exercise such 
functions and duties which it may deem necessary for purposes of carrying out 
the provisions of this Act. 
Any and all the provisions of the Omnibus Election Code, and other 
pertinent existing election and other laws, so far as they are not inconsistent 
herewith, shall be applicable to the elections which shall be held under this Act. 
SECTION 7. Validation and Confirmation of Prior Resolufions, 
Issuances, and Acts of the Commission. - The resolution, issuance’s, and 
other acts of the Commission on Election made prior hereto, and in connection 
with the sectoral representative election, which are not inconsistent herewith, are 
hereby confirmed and shall be considered valid for all legal intents and purposes. 
SECTION 8. Funding. - In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, the 
amount of Two Hundred Million Pesos (P 200,000,00.00) shall immediately be 
released and made available to the Commission on Elections upon the approval 
of this Act. 
SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. - All provisions existing laws, or parts or 
portions thereof, which are inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed or 
amended accordingly. 
SECTION 10. Separability Clause. - Any provisions of this Act, part or 
portion thereof, which may be declared unconstitutional or invalid, shall not affect 
the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. 
SECTION 11. Mecfivity. - This Act shall take Effect upon its approval. 
Approved,