{"id":236556,"date":"2019-11-04T20:41:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=236556"},"modified":"2019-11-04T20:41:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:41:29","slug":"house-oks-barangay-sk-polls-postponement-to-december-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/04\/house-oks-barangay-sk-polls-postponement-to-december-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"House OKs barangay, SK polls postponement to December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228728\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Congress-asked-to-restore-budget-for-63-mobile-training-labs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228728\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Congress-asked-to-restore-budget-for-63-mobile-training-labs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Congress-asked-to-restore-budget-for-63-mobile-training-labs.jpg 950w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Congress-asked-to-restore-budget-for-63-mobile-training-labs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Congress-asked-to-restore-budget-for-63-mobile-training-labs-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a vote of 194-6-0, the lower chamber approved House Bill 4933, which seeks to move the barangay and SK polls from the second Monday of May 2020 to the first Monday of December 2022.\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HouseofRepsPH\/photos\/a.10150690050162271\/10155355702737271\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HouseofRepsPH\/\">House of Representatives of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; As Congress resumes its session, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure seeking the postponement of the May 2020 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to December 5, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>With a vote of 194-6-0, the lower chamber approved House Bill 4933, which seeks to move the barangay and SK polls from the second Monday of May 2020 to the first Monday of December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>If enacted into law, there will be two elections in 2022 &#8212; the presidential elections in May and the synchronized barangay and SK elections seven months after.<\/p>\n<p>The bill also proposes that the subsequent polls will be held on the first Monday of December every three years after 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Until their successors have been duly elected, all incumbent barangay and SK officials shall remain in office, unless sooner removed or suspended for cause.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent barangay and SK elections were held in May 2018. 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