Barangay Election And SK Polls Postponement Supported By Duterte

Barangay Election and Sk Polls Postponement. Barangay election and SK polls postponement were agreed to reschedule to the 4th Monday of October 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he is in favor for postponing the Barangay elections and Sk polls. The president explained his decision that he's in favor for postponing the elections on October 31, 2017, for he has a fear that drug money would "slip into the electoral process," the President said. Furthermore, according to a recent news report of the ABS-CBN news confirms that all-member caucus of the House of Representatives agreed Tuesday, August 30, 2016, to reschedule the elections to the 4th Monday of October 2017. But the Veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said Thursday, September 1, 2017, that postponing the Barangay elections and SK polls in unconstitutional. In an interview with the DZMM, Macalintal questioned the Postponement of the Barangay elections. https://youtu.be/fpC0_SqpXT0 "What will happen is they will postpone the elections as if on a whim and we'll lose the right to elect our leaders." "What about the barangays where residents no longer support their officials, who should really be replaced?" he added. Macalintal clarifies that barangay elections postponement is unconstitutional and postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan elections is not covered by the constitution. Delaying the vote will effectively extend the three-year terms of village officials and deprive the electorate of their right to choose their leaders, Macalintal told DZMM. In a report of ABS-CBN news, Akbayan Youth leaders and members on Tuesday held a protest in front of the Senate, calling on lawmakers not to postpone the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections for the third time. The protest was led by Rafaela David, chairperson of Akbayan Youth. "It is becoming the habit of lawmakers to postpone the SK elections out of convenience," David said. David added that it's the third times that the SK elections will be postponed. This shows that youth participation in governance is being considered optional. Thank you so much for sparing a bit of your precious time to read this blog site. You can SHARE this now with your family and friends on FACEBOOK or TWEET it on TWITTER to get others informed about it. You can also like our page on Facebook and visit our site more often for more informative updates that are truly worth a second to spare on.

Postponement Of SK And Barangay Elections Was Questioned By Macalintal

Barangay Election and Sk Polls Postponement.

Leave a Comment Cancel reply