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OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE ELECTION LAWS, RULES AND PROCEDURES

All local incumbent officials whose tenure of office

shall expire on March 23, 1986 shall hold office until June

30, 1986 or until their successors shall have been elected

and qualified: Provided, That they cannot be suspended

or removed without just cause.

Section 30. Component and highly urbanized cities.

— Unless their respective charters provide otherwise, the

electorate of component cities shall be entitled to vote in

the election for provincial officials of the province of

which it is a part.

The electorate of highly urbanized cities shall not vote

in the election for provincial officials of the province in

which

it

is

located:

Provided,

however,

That

no

component city shall be declared or be entitled to a

highly urbanized city status within ninety days prior to

any election.

ARTICLE V ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE

REGIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS

REGIONS.

Section

31.

The

Sangguniang

Pampook

of the

autonomous regions. — Region IX and Region XII in

southern Philippines shall each have a Sangguniang

Pampook to be composed of twenty-seven members and

shall include seventeen representatives elected from the

different provinces and cities of each region, and a

sectoral representative each from among the youth,

agricultural

workers,

and

non-agricultural

workers

(industrial labor) of each region to be selected in the

manner

herein

provided

whose

qualifications

and

disqualifications

are

the

same

as

Members

of

the

Batasang Pambansa.

The

President

shall

appoint

an additional seven

representatives in each region whenever in his judgment

any other sector is not properly represented in the

Sangguniang Pampook as a result of the elections.

Section

32.

Apportionment

of members of the

Sangguniang

Pampook.

—

The

Members

of

the

Sangguniang Pampook of Region IX and of Region XII

shall be apportioned as follows:

Region IX:

Basilan, one (1);

Sulu, three (3);

Tawi-Tawi, one (1);

Zamboanga del Norte including the cities of Dipolog

and Dapitan, four, (4);

and

Zamboanga

del

Sur,

including

the

City

of

Pagadian, six (6);

and Zamboanga City, two (2);

Region XII:

Lanao del Norte, two (2); Iligan City, one (1);

Lanao del Sur including the City of Marawi, four (4);

Maguindanao including the City of Cotabato, four (4);

North Cotabato, four (4);

and Sultan Kudarat, two (2).

Section 33. Election of members of Sangguniang

Pampook.

—

The

candidates

for

the

position

of

seventeen representatives to the Sangguniang Pampook

of Region IX and of Region XII shall be voted at large by

the registered voters of each province including the cities

concerned.

The candidates corresponding to the number of

member or members to be elected in a constituency who

receive the highest number of votes shall be declared

elected.

Section 34. Selection of sectoral representatives. —

The President shall, within thirty days from the convening

of each Sangguniang Pampook, appoint the sectoral

representatives on recommendation of the Sangguniang

Pampook

and

after

due

consultation

with

the

representative and generally recognized organizations or

aggrupations

of

members of the youth, agricultural

workers and non-agricultural workers as attested by the

Ministers of Local Government and of Education, Culture

and Sports (youth), Ministers of Agrarian Reform and of

Agriculture and Food (agricultural workers), and Ministers

of Labor and Employment (non-agricultural or industrial

labor).

The President of the Philippines shall in writing notify

the Speaker of the Sangguniang Pampook of each region

of

the

appointment

made

by

him

of

any

sectoral

representative.

The sectoral representatives shall have the same

functions, responsibilities, rights, privileges, qualifications

and

disqualifications

as

the

elective

provincial

representatives to the Sangguniang Pampook: Provided,

however, That no defeated candidate for member of the

Sangguniang Pampook in the immediately preceding

election shall be appointed as sectoral representative.

Section 35. Filling of vacancy. — Pending an election

to

fill

a

vacancy

arising

from

any

cause

in

the

Sangguniang Pampook, the vacancy shall be filled by the

President, upon recommendation of the Sangguniang

Pampook: Provided, That the appointee shall come from

the same province or sector of the member being

replaced.

Section 36. Term of office. — The present members

of the Sangguniang Pampook of each of Region IX and

Region XII shall continue in office until June 30, 1986 or

until

their

successors

shall

have

been

elected

and

qualified or appointed and qualified in the case of

sectoral members. They may not be removed or replaced

except in accordance with the internal rules of said

assembly or provisions of pertinent laws.

The

election

of

members

of

the

Sangguniang

Pampook of the two regions shall be held simultaneously

with the local elections of 1986. Those elected in said

elections shall have a term of four years starting June 30,

1986.

Those elected in the election of 1990 to be held

simultaneously with the elections of Members of the

Batasang Pambansa shall have a term of six years.

ARTICLE VI ELECTION OF BARANGAY

OFFICIALS

Section 37. Regular election of barangay officials. —

The

election

for

barangay

officials

shall

be

held

throughout the Philippines in the manner prescribed on

the

second

Monday

of May Nineteen hundred and

eighty-eight

and

on

the

same

day

every

six years

thereafter.

The

officials

elected

shall assume office on the

thirtieth day of June next following the election and shall

hold office for six years and until their successors shall

have been elected and qualified.

Section 38. Conduct of elections. — The barangay

election shall be non-partisan and shall be conducted in

an expeditious and inexpensive manner.

No person who files a certificate of candidacy shall

represent

or

allow

himself

to

be

represented

as a

candidate of any political party or any other organization;

and no political party, political group, political committee,

civic,

religious,

professional, or other organization or

organized group of whatever nature shall intervene in his

nomination or in the filing of his certificate of candidacy

or give aid or support, directly or indirectly, material or

otherwise

favorable

to

or

against

his campaign for

election: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to

the members of the family of a candidate within the

fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity nor to the

personal campaign staff of the candidate which shall not

be more than one for every one hundred registered

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