A former Kabataang Baran-gay (KB) training director yesterday called on lawmakers to reconsider their move to defer the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections and instead totally junk youth councils.

In a weekly forum, Perry Callanta, editor-in-chief of the Northern Times, stressed that youth representation is very important. He wondered aloud why certain lawmakers like Egay Erice of Caloocan, who also rose to politics for being a KB chairman in his youth, now wanted the SK elections postponed and youth councils abolished.

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