Marcos: No final decision yet on BSKE postponement
Voters cast their ballots through vote counting machine at the Pasong Tamo Elementary School in Quezon City on October 30, 2023. MANILA — There is no final decision yet if the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections will be postponed, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.
Marcos said he has yet to receive the proposed bill that seeks to postpone the BSKE elections.
“Wala pa sa ‘kin,” he answered briefly in a chance interview after his attendance at the Philippine Maritime Convention 2026.
Preparations for the BSKE continue, with the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) slated to begin on Sept. 28.
The Commission on Elections said unless the final bill is signed into law, the COC filing would continue.
The House of Representatives has adopted Senate Bill 2387, which postpones the BSKE from Nov. 2 this year to November 2028 and gives barangay officials a five-year term.
Ombudsman wants barangay officials to be civil service eligible