WATCH | Kahit may ML, tuloy ang barangay, SK elections sa Mindanao – Win
Kahit may Martial Law, tuloy ang barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan elections sa Mindanao – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian
Kahit may Martial Law, tuloy ang barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan elections sa Mindanao – Senator Sherwin Gatchalian
A practical decision, was how Sen. Win Gatchalian on Friday described the decision of President Duterte to pick among from the ranks of the present Commission on Elections (Comelec) the new poll body chair, to fill in the post vacated by former Chair Andres Bautista.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has spent close to P1 billion in preparation for the October 23 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls that have been postponed to May 2018.
Sen. Bam Aquino had called on the government to ensure that the long-overdue barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will be held as scheduled in
Barely a month to go before the polls, the Senate and the House of Representatives finally readied the bill to postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections for signing into law by President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not put to waste the P31 million spent so far in the printing of the ballots intended tofor the Oct. 23 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
Commission on Elections chairman Andy Bautista on Thursday assured the P600 million that Comelec had already spent for the printing of ballots would not go to waste.
Liberal Party (LP) senators on Wednesday said they stood ground against the idea allowing President Duterte to appoint barangay officials.
“Let the people and the youth elect their barangay leaders.”
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Juan Andres Bautista was absent during Monday’s congressional hearing on the proposal to postpone the October 23 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
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