Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar thanked city residents for voting in favor of setting territorial boundaries for the city's 20 barangays during a plebiscite held on Saturday, June 29.
The mayor said the "yes" votes, with a total of 41, 493, won over the "no" votes with 19,498 during the conduct of the plebiscite.
Aguilar said the police presence under the supervision of police chief Col. Sandro Tafalla made the conduct of plebiscite peaceful, orderly, with no untoward incident reported.
She thanked the entire police force for keeping watch over the plebiscite which was held from 7 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Canvassing of votes (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas police)
The mayor said the canvassing of votes conducted by members of the board of canvassers was held at the Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) building located Frinza Barangay Talon Dos, Las Piñas and was finished at around 1:00 a.m.
Aguilar said City Ordinance No. 1941-23, Series of 2023, delineates the territorial boundaries of the 20 barangays in the city in accordance with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) cadastral survey that was completed in March 2015.
The ordinance states that since the creation of the barangays in 1978, “the territorial metes and bounds of the said barangays have not been properly identified such that there are barangays whose land areas are not contiguous and/or overlapping with another barangay.”
“Moreover, confusion in the territorial boundaries of the barangays is being encountered which could cause disputes, or be subject of disputes, especially since the cadastral mapping in 1980 for the barangays conflicted with the boundaries as set forth in the Presidential Decrees,” the ordinance states.