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Crestwood Considers Four-Year Terms for Mayor, Aldermen Seats
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Crestwood considers four-year terms for mayor, aldermen seats
Crestwood is considering amending the term length for mayoral and aldermanic offices. The city’s mayor and aldermen currently have staggered three-year terms; the proposed changes would give them staggered four-year terms. The current three-term limit would still apply to those already elected. These changes to the city charter — Sections 3.4 and 4.3 — were pulled from the National League of Cities’ model charter, an advocacy organization for lo…
Comelec to tackle proposed term extension for barangay, SK officials
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) would call for an all-official emergency meeting following Congress’ ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed law extending the term of elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials. Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia, in an online interview on Thursday, said the commission would adhere to what was agreed upon by both chambers of Congres…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not yet decided whether he will sign the bill that will extend the term of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan or SK officials from three years to six years. This was stated by the Palace after the House passed the term extension bill and the Senate approved the postponement of the Barangay and SK elections. According to Palace Press Officer Claire Castro, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. respects the legislative p…
The bicameral conference committee report that would extend the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to four years has been passed by the Senate. It was approved on Wednesday, June 11, following the ratification of the House of Representatives’ version of the bill that provides for a six-year term of office. The bill seeks to amend the current law to move the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) t…
Imee: Senate ratifies bicam report, next brgy, SK polls set Nov. 2026
Senator Imee Marcos announced that the Senate on Wednesday night, July 11, ratified the bicameral conference committee report fixing the terms of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to four years. The final bill also postpones the December 2025 barangay and SK elections to the first Monday of November 2026 and every 4 years thereafter, […]
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