CAMPAIGNING IN the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections is already in full swing around Metro Manila, but don’t expect much activity in the cloistered neighborhoods of Dasmariñas Village in Makati City.
Only 11 youths had registered for the SK elections in the gated community, according to the National Capital Region (NCR) office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
This means there are only three more registered voters than the actual number of seats up for grabs in the SK, a council composed of the chair and seven council members aged 15-17.
“In exclusive subdivisions, there is generally less interest in the barangay and SK elections,” Comelec-NCR director Michael Dioneda said in an interview.
Barangay elections traditionally do not attract crowds as big as those during national elections, especially in rich subdivisions, as shown in the case of Dasmariñas Village, he said.
Dioneda did not have the figure for the number of SK candidates in the subdivision, but he said he would not be surprised if there happened to be only two.
This year, voter turnout in Metro Manila may reach only 60 percent, far below the 80 to 90 percent expected turnout during presidential or senatorial elections, Dioneda added. In gated villages, he said turnout could fall to as low as 40 to 50 percent, including during barangay polls.
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Ecowaste issues election appeal
WITH the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections only a week away, green group Ecowaste Coalition yesterday asked Comelec to remind candidates to spare the trees from their campaign activities.
"We request Chairman (Jose) Melo to join us in asking the candidates to show mercy to our life-sustaining trees and spare them of posters, banners, and other materials meant to woo voters," said EcoWaste president Roy Alvarez.
"We urge all candidates and their supporters to demonstrate ecological responsibility by ensuring that their campaign gimmicks do not in any way harm the trees and degrade the environment," he added.
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Comelec Bohol Okays 33,484 Candidates
TAGBILARAN CITY — Some 33,484 candidates have been officially considered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Bohol as candidates in the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) synchronized elections October 25 in the province. In all, there are some 1,109 barangays in Bohol.
A total of 729,815 registered voters in Bohol as of the last elections are expected to troop to their respective precincts to elect their preferred candidates listed by the poll body. The filing of certificates of candidacies closed on midnight of last Wednesday, October 13.
There could be more candidates as the elections this October 25 include candidates for the SK. Age of political maturity in the Philippines is pegged at 18.
Opened slots for the local elections are a seat for chairman and seven barangay council members or kagawads in each barangay while similar positions are also at stake in the barangay youth council or SK.
According to the data furnished by the Comelec, a total of 2,147 of these candidates eye the office of barangay chairman, while 17,008 are running for the seven slots opened for the barangay council members.
For the SK, 2,359 are interested in 1,109 slots for youth barangay SK chairman while 11,970 youth are running to get elected as SK councilor.
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