Travesty of suffrage

EDITORIAL

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In 2023, the Supreme Court prohibited the extension of the terms of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials through an unduly prolonged postponement of the BSK elections.

The Supreme Court allowed the BSKE to be held a year after the original schedule, but said this one-year extension would be added to the term of those who would be elected, which meant they would serve for two years instead of three. This was meant to finally correct the BSKE calendar that had been messed up by the repeated postponements of the village elections since the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.