The chronic absenteeism of elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials tops the list of reasons why the SK and Local Government Units (LGUs) across the country are in favor of postponing the SK polls in October, a Cabinet official said Friday.

Secretary Manuel Roxas 2nd of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) made the announcement when the DILG presented its P135 billion proposed budget for 2014 before the House Appropriations panel.

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