The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms is now considering House Bill 279, which provides for the manner and date of elections of sectoral representatives to the local sanggunians (councils) nationwide.
This bill, authored by Reps. Cresente Paez (COOP-NATCCO) and Rep. Anthony Bravo (First District, Masbate), gives teeth to the 1987 Constitution’s provision which states that “legislative bodies of local government units shall have sectoral representation as may be prescribed by Law,” the authors noted.
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