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2025 BSKE postponement 'incidental' in bill setting barangay, SK officials' fixed terms - Imee Marcos

Published Jun 16, 2025 02:12 pm

At A Glance

  • Senator Imee Marcos urged President Marcos to sign Senate Bill No. 2816, emphasizing that the postponement of the 2025 barangay and SK elections is merely incidental to the bill's main goal of establishing fixed terms for local officials.
Senator Imee Marcos clarified on Monday, June 16 said that the postponement of the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) under the Congress-approved measure establishing fixed terms for barangay and SK officials is merely incidental.
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB photo)
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB photo)
The bill is vastly different from R.A. 11935, Marcos said, referring to the law that previously extended the terms of barangay officials elected in 2018.
While R.A. 11935 had no purpose other than to simply extend pro hac vice the tenure in office of barangay officials, Senate Bill No. 2816 sets the term of barangay and SK officials once and for all, she said.
Before adjourning sine die last week, the Senate ratified the bicameral conference committee report that would extend the term of BSK officials to four years.
Under it, the term of office of all elected barangay and SK officials shall be four years. No elective barangay official shall serve more than three consecutive terms in the same position.
It also states that no elective SK official shall serve for more than one term in the same position.
The proposed measure also sets the next BSK elections on the first Monday of November 2026 and every four years thereafter.
The presidential sister appealed to President Marcos to sign the measure promptly, saying that doing so would allow the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to redirect its focus to the upcoming Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections in October.
Meanwhile, election lawyer Romulo B. Macalintal said the proposed law suffers from the same constitutional and legal flaws as Republic Act No. 11935, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (SC) in June 2023.
Macalintal said that while the proposed law was styled as “An Act Setting the Terms of Office” for barangay officials, “its true effect is to postpone the Dec. 1, 2025 elections to the first Monday of November 2026, allowing incumbent barangay officials to continue serving in a holdover capacity—effectively extending their tenure without a public mandate.”
He pointed out that while Congress may legislate the term of office of barangay officials, it cannot extend their tenure by postponing elections, which would violate the constitutional right of the people to choose their leaders through elections.

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