A LAWMAKER on Thursday defended Congress’ power to postpone village elections set for December. READ
“The law is constitutional and is a valid and legal legislative act of Congress,” Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, a member of the committee on suffrage, said in a statement.
Mr. Rodriguez said this clearly gives Congress the jurisdiction to pass and enact laws relating to village elections. Mr. Rodriguez noted that under the law, village elections can be postponed in serious cases, but it does not exclusively give Comelec the power to cancel or postpone these.
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