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Introduced by Representative JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

This bill seeks to postpone the May 11, 2020 Barangay and Sangguniang
Kabataan (SK) Elections to the second Monday of May 2023 or a year after the 2022
National and Local Elections, and to schedule the succeeding Barangay and SK
Elections on the second Monday of May 2026 and every three years thereafter.

In most communities, the May 14, 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan
Elections was highly divisive and polarizing. Constituents chose a candidate based on
who they believed could provide them a better future - eventually seeding contempt
for those who did not share the same opinions. Name-calling, broken friendships, and
even fighting among family members became the norm as community members
campaigned for their chosen leaders. This was further aggravated by the May 13,
2019 National and Local Elections with spite and antagonism intensifying based on
political beliefs and perceived right or wrong leaders.

The rebuilding of community ties and relationships will only truly begin when
the newly elected officials take their respective positions and start working with their
constituents through their community leaders. Conducting the 2020 Barangay and SK
elections merely a year after the 2019 National and Local Elections - when healing is
precarious and superficial - will only further divide these communities.

For genuine reconciliation and continuity in growth and progress, the newly
elected national and local officials can work better if allowed to work longer with
incumbent barangay and SK officials rather than introducing another set of officials
merely a year after taking office.

Postponing the barangay elections from 2020 to 2023 will negate the adverse
impact of a divided community while enhancing the headway made by the incumbent
SK, barangay, local and national officials.

Support for this bill is earnestly sought.

Representative
24 District, Davao Oriental


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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session
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House Bill No.

Introduced by Representative JOEL MAYO Z. ALMARIO

AN ACT
POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656,
PRESCRIBING ADDITIONAL RULES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF BARANGAY
AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS 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 Act No. 9340
and Republic Act No. 10656, 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 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 MAY 11, 2020
SHALL BE POSTPONED TO THE SECOND MONDAY OF
MAY 2023. SUBSEQUENT SYNCHRONIZED BARANGAY
AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS SHALL BE
HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF MAY 2026 AND
EVERY THREE (3) YEARS THEREAFTER”


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SECTION 2. Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9164 as amended by Republic Act No. 9340

is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 4. Assumption of Office. - The term of
office of the barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials
elected under this Act shall commence on 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 2023
ELECTIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY THEREAFTER, SHALL
COMMENCE AT NOON OF JUNE 30 NEXT FOLLOWING
‘THEIR ELECTION.”

SECTION 3. 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.

SECTION 4. Section 3 of Republic Act No. 6679 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 3. Ban on Government Projects. - The
construction or maintenance of barangay-funded roads and
bridges shall be prohibited for a period of ten (10) days
immediately preceding the date of election, the provisions
of Section 261, paragraphs (v) and (w), of the Omnibus
Election Code to the contrary notwithstanding,”

SECTION 5. The appointment or hiring of new employees, creation of new positions,
promotions, or giving of salary increases, remuneration or privileges in the barangay
shall be prohibited for a period of ten (10) days immediately preceding the date of
election, the provision of Section 261, paragraph (g), of the Omnibus Election Code to
the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 6. The COMELEC shall, within ninety (90) days after the effectivity of this
Act, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation
of this Act.


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SECTION 7. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional,
the remaining provisions or part hereof not otherwise affected thereby shall remain

valid and subsisting.

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved.