Everything wrong with the BSKE postponement
Watch this video to learn how repeated election delays affect Filipino voters
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MAP: Vacant barangay, SK posts after 2023 polls
There are currently 73,731 seats vacant as of September 29. With the postponement of the next election to 2028, these seats will either remain empty for two more years or be filled by mayoral appointees.
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Some SKs will be ‘trentahin’ by 2028. They’re not happy about it either.
Some will have to sacrifice their careers. Others will have to pick up the slack for council members who cannot afford the same sacrifice.
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How often have barangay, SK elections been postponed?
Rappler crunches the numbers and finds that both elections have been moved — either separately or jointly — at least 16 times since 1982
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After Senate passes bill, will 2026 barangay, SK polls be postponed?
The measure fixes the term of all elected barangay and SK officials to five years and moves the village and youth polls to the second Monday of November starting in 2028
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FACT CHECK: Bill postponing 2026 barangay, SK polls not yet a law as of September 22
In a September 18 statement, the Commission on Elections said the November 2026 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will proceed as there is yet no law for its postponement
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Barangay, SK elections postponed to November 2028
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs Republic Act No. 12326, which sets the term of barangay and SK officials to five years
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