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Senate okays bill on terms of bgy execs, SK members

January 15, 2025 Camille P. Balagtas 87 views

SENATE on Tuesday approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 2816 or an act setting the term of office of barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).

During the plenary session, 22 senators voted in favor of the bill, no abstention and negative votes.

“With the longer fixed term, the barangay officials and members of the SK will deepen their understanding of both national and local issues, as well as implement their own medium and long term initiative at the barangay level,” Senator Imee R. Marcos explained during her sponsorship speech.

Under the bill, “the term of office of all elected barangay officials and members of the SK shall be four years. No elective barangay official shall serve for more than three consecutive terms in the same position. Voluntary renunciation of office for any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the continuity of service for the full term for which the elective official was elected.

The bill also stated that “the next regular barangay and SK elections shall be held on the first Monday of October 2027 and every four years thereafter. The term of office of barangay officials and members of the SK elected subsequent to the effectivity of this Act shall commence on the first day of November following their election.”