Philippine barangay elections, 2013
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All 42,028 Barangay Captains with Sangguniang Barangay seats |
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Barangay elections was held on Monday, October 28, 2013. The election shall elect the Punong Barangay, more commonly known as barangay captains, and members of the Sangguniang Barangay, or barangay council, in 42,028 barangays throughout the Philippines whose terms start on November 30, 2013. Barangays are the smallest local government unit in the Philippines.
Elections for Sangguniang Kabataan, known as the SK Chairman, and members of the Katipunan ng mga Kabataan were originally scheduled to be held at the same time but on September 24, 2013 the Philippine Congress voted to postpone the elections for at least a year.
These elections shall conclude the 2013 election cycle that started in May for the members of the Philippine Congress and provincial, city and municipal officials. Upon their election, barangay captains shall hold indirect elections for their cities and municipalities representations in the local councils and provincial boards.
Republic Act No. 9340 mandates that synchronized elections for the Barangay and SK elections to be held every three years on the last Monday of October. Presently (as of October 2013), there are 42,028 barangays across the Philippines.
Several proposals have been made to postpone the elections. Fourteen bills were proposed in the 15th Philippine Congress to postpone the election to a variety of dates.COMELEC Chairman Sixto Brillantes has proposed postponing the elections to 2014 or early 2015. Postponement would require amending Republic Act No. 9340 by an act of Congress, signed by the president. Philippine president Benigno Aquino III is opposed to postponing the elections.
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