Veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Monday filed with the Supreme Court a petition challenging the recently signed law postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) from December 2022 to October 2023.
postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections from December 2022 to October 2023.
"Sinasabi namin na wala namang kapangyarihan ang Kongreso na mag-postpone ng eleksyon [we are saying that Congress has no power to postpone the elections],” Macalintal said. "Maliwanag naman na ang Comelec lamang ang may kapangyarihan mag postpone ng halalan sa mga kadahilanang nakasaad sa Section 5 ng Omnibus Election Code,” he said.
"They’re already appointed because their term expired December 2022. So pag nag-extension… sabi ng Korte Suprema, ‘yang holdover positions are legislative appointments,” Macalintal said.
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