{"id":111825,"date":"2017-08-14T06:03:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111825"},"modified":"2017-08-14T06:03:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:03:51","slug":"house-panel-approves-barangay-sk-polls-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/14\/house-panel-approves-barangay-sk-polls-postponement\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel approves barangay, SK polls postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111832\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111832\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png\" alt=\"A House of Representatives\u2019 panel on Monday approved the proposal to postpone the October 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Photo by Coat of Arms of the Philippines.svg: Vectorized by Zachary Harden (Zscout370).Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives.png: The original uploader was Exec8 at English Wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by RNAlonto, SunKing at English Wikipedia \/* derivative work: NikNaks - Own work based on: House of Representatives \/ Congress of the Philippineshttp, Public Domain)\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_.png 480w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/480px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg_-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=18391637\">A House of Representatives\u2019 panel on Monday approved the proposal to postpone the October 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Photo by Coat of Arms of the Philippines.svg: Vectorized by Zachary Harden (Zscout370).Seal of the Philippine House of Representatives.png: The original uploader was Exec8 at English Wikipedia.Later version(s) were uploaded by RNAlonto, SunKing at English Wikipedia \/* derivative work: NikNaks &#8211; Own work based on: House of Representatives \/ Congress of the Philippineshttp, Public Domain)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Aug. 14\u00a0&#8212; A House of Representatives\u2019 panel on Monday approved the proposal to postpone the October 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.<\/p>\n<p>Voting 19-2, members of the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, chaired by CIBAC Partylist Rep. Sherwin Tugna, approved the postponement of barangay polls to the second Monday of May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The said proposal also seeks to retain the incumbent barangay officials in a holdover capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The two lawmakers who voted against the deferment of polls were ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio and Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas.<\/p>\n<p>In an ambush interview after the hearing, Tugna said he expects plenary approval of the measure before the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSa palagay ko sa Lower House, kung sakaling bukas magkakaroon tayo ng second reading sa plenary, hindi na po aabot sa dulo ng buwan ng Agosto,\u201d Tugna said.<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, the all-party caucus agreed to postpone it again to May 2018 to supposedly synchronize the barangay elections with the proposed plebiscite for Charter change and the Bangsamoro Basic Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 14\u00a0&#8212; A House of Representatives\u2019 panel on Monday approved the proposal to postpone the October 2017 barangay and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,483],"tags":[21158,6863],"class_list":["post-111825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-politics","tag-october-2017-barangay-and-sangguniang-kabataan-sk-elections","tag-postponement","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}