Abolishing the position of barangay kagawad (village councilman) and retaining only that of barangay chairman “would leave the chairman in total control of barangay affairs and most especially of the barangay budget,” a lawmaker warned on Tuesday.

While opposing a plan by Congress to remove the kagawad position, Rep. Lito Atienza of Buhay party-list group, however, clarified that he fully supports the idea of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to get rid of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or Youth Council) in the barangay system.

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