ZAMBOANGA CITY--The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is undertaking preparations for the conduct of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections here on May 14, this year.
This comes as the barangay and SK elections are most likely to push through despite the approval on Monday by the House of Representatives to postpone the holding of the polls.
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel said the May 14 barangay and SK polls would most likely push through since the Upper Chamber has no counterpart bill and has no more time to tackle the matter. Congress will go on break on March 24 and resumes on May 14.
Lawyer Stephen Roy Cañete, first district election officer, told the Philippine News Agency that part of the preparation is the conduct of the training of Comelec employees and teachers after the observance of the Holy Week.
He said they are also waiting for the arrival of the elections materials from the Comelec central office.
He said the period for the filing of Certificate of Candidacy is from April 14 to 20, while the campaign period is from May 4 to 12.
The barangay and SK elections have twice been postponed, from October 2016 to October 2017 and then to May 2018.
There are 436,253 regular voters in this city’s two congressional district.
Of the total, 226,064 are in the first district which covers 37 barangays while the remaining 210,189 are in the second district which has 61 barangays.
There are 73,806 SK voters in the first district and 67,206 in the second district or for a total of 141,012 voters. (PNA)
