REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
‘Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Introduced by Reps Vincent J. Garcia, Isidro T. Ungab, Paolo
Z. Duterte, Mercedes “Didi” C. Cagas, Joel Mayo Z. Almario, Corazon T.
Nujiez-Malanyaon, Lorna P. Bautista-Bandigan, Alan “Aldu” R. Dujali,
Pantaleon D. Alvarez,

Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga, Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora,

Carlo Lisandro L. Gonzalez and Claudine Diana D. Bautista

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to postpone the scheduled May 2020 barangay and sangguniang
kabataan elections to October 2022, further amending for the purpose Republic Act (RA)
No. 9164, as amended.

The latest amendment to RA 9164 by virtue of RA 10952, entitled “An Act
Postponing the October 2017 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending
for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as Amended by Republic Act No. 9340, Republic
Act No. 10632, Republic Act No. 10656, and Republic Act No. 10923, and For Other
Purposes,” postponed the October 23, 2017 elections to the second Monday of May 2018
and required the subsequent synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections
to be held on the second Monday of May 2020. Under this amendment, the incumbent
barangay and sangguniang Kabataan officials or those elected during the May 14, 2018
elections will have a term of only two years, giving them a short time to implement their
programs and projects, and pursue reforms to ensure the delivery of basic social services
due to their respective constituencies.

This proposed measure is consistent with the message of President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered on July 22, 2019. His
SONA, among others, highlighted the need to study carefully the postponement of the
forthcoming May 2020 barangay and sangguniang barangay elections. According to him,


elections. According to him, there is a need to rectify the truncated terms of the
incumbent barangay and sangguniang kabataan officials to enable them to have more
time to finish their programs and projects for the interest and welfare of their
barangays.

Postponing the May 2020 synchronized barangay and sangguniang kabataan
elections will also give the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) enough time to
prepare for it considering that the local elections was just held last May 2019. Further,
it will ensure that COMELEC personnel have recovered from the grueling activities
of the May 2019 national and local elections and adequate resources for the said next
local electoral process will be ready by then.

In view of the foregoing, the approval of this bill is highly recommended.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Eighteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. CY

Introduced by Reps Vincent J. Garcia, Isidro T. Ungab, Paolo Z. Duterte,
Mercedes “Didi” C. Cagas, Joel Mayo Z. Almario, Corazon T. Nuiiez-
Malanyaon, Lorna P. Bautista-Bandigan, Alan “Aldu” R. Dujali,
Pantaleon D. Alvarez, Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga, Manuel “Way Kurat”
Zamora, Carlo Lisandro L. Gonzalez and Claudine Diana D. Bautista

AN ACT
POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG
KABATAAN ELECTIONS, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE
PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED

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, is 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 October 23,
2017 shall be postponed to the second Monday of May 2018.

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elections shall be held on the second Monday of [May—2020]
OCTOBER 2022 and every three (3) years thereafter.”

SEC. 2. Section 4 of RA 9164, as amended, is further amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 4. Assumption of Office. — The term of office of the
barangay and 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 [May—2020]

OCTOBER 2022 elections and subsequently thereafter, shall

commence at noon of [June] NOVEMBER 30 next following their

election.”

SEC. 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 panglungsod, or sangguniang panlalawigan, as
the case may be, shall continue to serve as such members in the sanggunian
concerned until the next barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections. The Liga
ng mga Barangay at the municipal, city, and provincial levels shall conduct
elections for ex officio positions in the sanggunians on or before December 31,

2022 under the supervision of the Department of the Interior and Local
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Government.

SEC. 4. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — Within thirty (30) days
from the effectivity of this Act, the Commission on Elections shall promulgate
the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees, executive orders,
issuances, proclamations, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are
contrary to and inconsistent with any provision of this Act, are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,