MANILA, Philippines — A invoice that seeks to increase the time period of elected officers beneath the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) system has been accredited by the Home of Representatives on second studying.
Home Invoice No. 11287 or the proposals to amend Republic Act No. 7160 or the Native Authorities Code of 1991 was accredited on Monday by means of viva voce or voice voting.
READ: Romualdez, Home solons suggest 6-yr time period for barangay, SK execs
If enacted, Part 42 of Republic Act No. 7160 will likely be amended to carry the subsequent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections by the second Monday of Could 2029, whereas the elected barangay official will now serve six phrases, as a substitute of simply three.
READ: Invoice to increase barangay officers’ time period filed in Senate
The approval on second studying got here virtually every week after the Home committee on native authorities, headed by Negros Oriental Rep. Manuel Sagarbarria, accredited the proposed measure.
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Nonetheless, Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel questioned the intentions of the invoice, asking that if the rationale for the time period extension is the shortage of time for barangay officers to do their jobs, are Home lawmakers additionally remiss of their duties as additionally they have three-year phrases.
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“I’d wish to pose this level from a satan’s advocate standpoint Mr. Speaker, as a result of for instance, we within the Home of Representatives, we solely have three-year phrases. So does this imply that we additionally can’t do something significant particularly with Congress consists of various members, and our mandate is nationwide,” Manuel stated.
“So if the barangay and SK officers that are extra versed on the bottom, if we expect that they can not fulfill a lot in that quick period of time, are we like that too in Congress, Mr. Speaker? As a result of the logic behind is that if we want longer phrases to serve the individuals higher on the barangay stage, the subsequent logical step is we in Congress would have longer phrases too. That would be the implication,” he added.
Assistant Majority Chief and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Arnan Panaligan nonetheless famous that the features of the 2 units of officers—these within the barangay and people within the Home—differ largely.
“Properly Mr. Speaker I don’t agree with that, it looks like we’re evaluating apples to oranges, we’re completely different in Congress since we have now the sources right here. Now we have to confess that there’s a completely different stage with officers right here in Congress than these within the barangay,” he stated.
The proposal to increase the phrases of barangay officers will get assist from a minimum of Home Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, as he and different rating lawmakers introduced final August 2024 that they’ve proposed setting a hard and fast time period of six years for the barangay officers.
In response to Romualdez, that is meant to make sure continuity and initiatives and to guard barangay officers from politicking.
On the Senate, Romualdez’s cousin Senator Imee Marcos additionally filed a invoice in search of to increase the time period of barangay officers, because the quick phrases supposedly hinder group leaders from “formulating, growing, and implementing” their very own insurance policies and initiatives.
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Like Romualdez’s proposal, the time period of barangay officers will even be set to 6 years.