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Proponents of BSKE postponement ask special favor from DILG; find out what 

Published May 12, 2024 04:30 am

At A Glance

  • Solons who have filed a bill to postpone next year's Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to October 2026 are asking the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to ensure that the incumbent officials involved are able to take part in the congressional deliberations on the measure.  

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Solons who have filed a bill to postpone next year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to October 2026 are asking the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to ensure that the incumbent officials involved are able to take part in the congressional deliberations on the measure.  

Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan, and Camarines Sur Reps. LRay Villafuerte (2nd district) and Miguel Luis Villafuerte (5th district) have asked DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. to furnish them a complete list of the names, office addresses, email addresses, and contact numbers of incumbent barangay and SK officials.   

The three congressmen have jointly filed House Bill (HB) No.10344 seeking to postpone the Dec. 1, 2025 BSKE to Oct. 26, 2026 and every three years thereafter.  

In seeking the DILG’s assistance, the three lawmakers said that they want to reach out to the officials “whose participation is relevant in pursuing this legislative measure". 

“This shall uphold the rights of the constituents to contribute to such legislative process promoting and protecting their participation (in) all aspects of government decision(-making),” they said in a letter sent to Abalos dated May 8, 2024.  

Yamsuan, a former DILG assistant secretary, bared that the letter was coursed through DILG Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Felicito Valmocina.  

They said in their letter that  HB No.10344 “intends to safeguard the fundamental rights of both the electorate and the incumbent BSK officials". 

According to them, holding the next BSKE as originally set on Dec. 1, 2025 will mean a shorter term for the incumbent officials, which will thus impair their performance. 

It also “diminishes the(ir) obligations to serve their constituents, and lessens their accountabilities in the exercise of the power vested in them by the people's free choice". 

Because the last BSKE were held in October 2023, the incumbent officials will serve for only two years if the next balloting would be done as originally scheduled in 2025.  

The shortened term “actually contravene(s) the three-year term of office for these elective officials” as mandated by the 1987 Constitution and the 1991 Local Government Code, the solons said. 

If the bill gets enacted, it would benefit 42,001 incumbent BSK chairpersons and 294,007 sitting Sangguniang Barangay and SK members.

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