Ipinagpaliban ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ang nakatakdang voter registration para sa gaganaping Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
Sa halip na ngayong July 2025, iniurong ito sa buwan ng October ngayong taon.
Sa isang panayam kay COMELEC Chairperson George Garcia nitong June 16, aniya: "Surely, this voter registration from July 1 to 11 will not push through.
“It will happen in the last week of October after the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections and will last until July 2026."
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VOTER REGISTRATION TO RESUME AFTER BANGSAMORO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Ang kauna-unahang Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) ay nakatakdang mangyari sa October 13.
Dahil dito, paliwanag ni Garcia: “Voter registration cannot continue because 11 days are not enough.
“The Bangsamoro [voters] might get confused if voter registration will be conducted and they won't be able to vote in the BPE.
“The registration is for BSKE, we will just continue voter registration after the BPE, last week of October.”
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CONGRESS RATIFIES BILL EXTENDING TERM OF INCUMBENT BARANGAY AND SK OFFICIALS
Niratipikahan naman ng senado at ng kongreso noong ikalawang linggo ng June ang bicameral conference committee report para sa panukalang batas na magpapalawig sa termino ng mga kasalukuyang barangay and SK officials.
Sa ilalim ng naturang panukala, ang term of office ng lahat ng elected barangay and SK officials ay magiging apat na taon imbes na tatlong taon lamang.
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COMELEC CONTINUES PREPARATIONS FOR BSKE
Iginiit naman ni Garcia na ipagpapatuloy ng COMELEC ang paghahanda para sa BSKE, na nakatakda sana sa December 1, pero nakansela matapos aprubahan ni President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ang postponement nito.
Ang approved final bicameral version ng BSKE Elections bill ay ipinadala na sa Malacañang noong June 11.
Sakaling lagdaan ng Pangulo, ang susunod na BSKE elections ay gaganapin sa first Monday of November 2026, “and every 4 years thereafter.”
Paliwanag ni Garcia kung bakit kailangan pa ring maghanda ng COMELEC kahit kanselado na ang BSKE: "What if we stop our preparations but the law isn't signed, or someone goes to the Supreme Court and gets a Temporary Restraining Order [TRO]?
“We will be the ones facing the problem."