THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has called on leaders of Congress to decide early or come up with an amendatory law as early as July if they want to again postpone scheduled synchronized barangay (village) and youth polls.

“We will abide with the wisdom and collective decision of Congress. It doesn’t matter to us if [the elections are] postponed or [if they will] push through. But if [they are] postponed, we appeal to Congress that [they] should not be held very close to the coming 2019 mid-term elections or there should be at least a gap of one year,” Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista said on Thursday.

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