Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (left) and Bacolod Mayor Greg Gasataya inspect the construction of the Bacolod Museum and Auditorium at Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, on Tuesday, July 1.*
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said he is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to approve the bill extending the terms of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials.
“The bill has been sent to the office of president…I don’t know if he will sign it or allow it to lapse into law, or veto it, it is now in his hands,” said Zubiri, who was in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, July 1.
“I am appealing to the president to let the law pass,” Zubiri said.
The bill extends the terms of all elected barangay and SK officials from three to four years.
Under reconciled bill barangay officials can serve for three consecutive terms in the same position, while Sangguniang Kabataan officials can only serve for one term.
The measure, once enacted into law, will postpone to the first Monday of November 2026 the regular barangay and SK elections scheduled on Dec. 1, 2025.*