DESPITE assurance from Congress leaders to postpone the barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or Youth Council) elections, nothing is final until a signed copy of the amendatory law is out, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
“We asked for a clear indication by September 1 whether Congress would postpone the elections. We got our answer sooner than expected. All we need now is the signed law to serve as a legal basis for the postponement,” Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said on Wednesday.
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