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Parties Told To Comment On 2025 BSKE Postponement
The Philippine Star
|August 30, 2025
The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the Senate, House of Representatives, Office of the President and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to file their comments on the three petitions seeking the nullification of Republic Act 12232 which postpones the Dec. 1, 2025 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to November 2026.
At a press briefer issued yesterday, the SC Office of the Spokesperson said the high tribunal, during its sessions on Aug. 19 and 28, ruled to consolidate the three petitions against RA 12232 and directed the respondents to submit "within a non-extendible period of 10 days from notice" their respective comments on the petitions.
The high tribunal, meanwhile, did not act on the petitioners' prayer for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have prevented the implementation of RA 12232 pending its decision on the petitions.
The Office of the Solicitor General will defend the government's position, Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said.
This story is from the August 30, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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