Noy House allies archive bills on deferment of village polls
08/26/2010 It’s final. The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will push through as scheduled on October 25. This, after Congress bowed to President Aquino’s request to pursue the conduct of the polls in October this year. Aquino announced this development at a news briefing with Malacañang reporters yesterday. The confirmation came after the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms also on Wednesday dismissed and archived all bills and resolutions of the minority bloc to suspend the barangay and SK polls. “I appealed to members of the ruling coalition in both chambers to support us in our drive to continue with what has already been scheduled by the pertinent law and that is the conduct of barangay and SK elections by October of this year. And that was again a primary appeal that they have acceded to,” the President said. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100826hed6.html |
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