THE House of Representatives approved a measure resetting the barangay (village) polls from May 14 to October 8, 2018.

Rep. Sherwin Tugna of the Citizens Battle Against Corruption party-list, chairman of the Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, justified House Bill 7378 by citing that it was aimed at synchronizing the barangay polls with a possible plebiscite for the new Constitution that would pave the way for a shift to a federal government.

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