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“Ipapabarangay kita.”
The common neighborhood warning highlights the real authority at the most grassroots level of government. Barangays are not just community hubs; it is said their officials serve as vital foot soldiers in the political machinery of higher leaders.
In this episode, analyst and professor Edmund Tayao talks to Howie Severino about how the postponement yet again of barangay elections may be connected to the high-stakes national elections in May 2028.
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The common neighborhood warning highlights the real authority at the most grassroots level of government. Barangays are not just community hubs; it is said their officials serve as vital foot soldiers in the political machinery of higher leaders.
In this episode, analyst and professor Edmund Tayao talks to Howie Severino about how the postponement yet again of barangay elections may be connected to the high-stakes national elections in May 2028.
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00:00Thank you very much, Podmates.
00:16I'm Howie Severino.
00:18I'm going to postpone the election at the San Guniang Kabataan elections.
00:22Let's talk about it today with Professor Edmund Tayaw,
00:26isang political analyst at political science professor specializing in local governance
00:31at the San Bede University Graduate School of Law.
00:35So, magandang araw sa inyo, Professor Tayaw.
00:39Magandang araw po sa inyo. Magandang araw sa ating mga taga-panood.
00:43Okay, Prof, a little background.
00:45Since the local government code in 1991,
00:49most of the scheduled barangay elections have been postponed.
00:54Why does it seem so easy to postpone the barangay elections?
00:58And of course, the San Guniang Kabataan elections have also been postponed several times.
01:04So, bakit ganon?
01:06Hindi naman ito na nangyayari sa national elections.
01:08Bakit yung barangay elections yung madalas na po-postpone?
01:12Actually, ang lagi ko sinasabing,
01:15hindi ko na matandaan yung pagkakataon na nasunod yung scheduled elections.
01:20Ang intent is kasabayan ng ibang ihahalal o kasabayan ng regular na halalan.
01:28Kasi ang kaibahan nito, kapag kasabay sila sa halalan,
01:34hindi mapapakialaman ng ibang mga halal ng bayan,
01:39ng mga mayor, ng mga congress.
01:41Hindi mapapakialaman yung halalan ng barangay.
01:43Kasi kasabay silang tumatakbo eh.
01:45Pero kapag inihiwalay mo ang halalan ng barangay sa halalan ng mga iba pang posisyon,
01:52eh natural.
01:55Ang tawag dito, madali nilang influensahan yung magiging resulta.
01:59At siguradong i-influensahan nila yan.
02:02Now, we're talking about postponement or extension, however you call it.
02:09Ang problema niyan, pagka in-extend ngayon itong term na ito, hindi sila nahalal.
02:15Eh palagay ko, hindi na magkakaroon ng halalan pagkatapos ng 2028.
02:21Kasi kailangan nga ng mga nakapuesto yung mga barangay.
02:27So malamang yan, magkakaroon tayo ng barangay elections after 2028 na.
02:31Kasi napakalapit na ng 2028 elections.
02:37So you wouldn't want to be changing your barangay officials before that
02:42because you will have to prepare for the 2028 elections.
02:45Prepare in terms of resources and in terms of organization.
02:51So yun yung problema natin dito.
02:53Masyadong hahaba yung termino ng mga nakapuesto ngayon sa barangay.
02:58So ang sinasabi niyo, Prof, itong postponement to November 2028, malamang.
03:04Mapopostpone na naman yan.
03:06Simply because magkakaroon tayo ng national elections sa May 2028.
03:11And then the whole intent of synchronizing was para hindi pakialaman ng mga national politicians yung barangay elections.
03:20Of course, we need to point out, dahil nga the Congress can actually create laws to postpone.
03:29Unlike the national elections na naka-fix na yan sa saligang batas, sa Constitution.
03:35And that's beyond the powers of Congress.
03:38So it's in their political interest na won't be synchronized,
03:43even though that was the original intent in the local government code.
03:47Exactly. Parang piramidya, parang hierarchy.
03:51So the national political leaders rely on local leaders.
03:57So those are the governors, those are the mayors.
04:01The governors rely on the mayors and the mayors rely on the barangays.
04:06But to a certain extent, of course,
04:08the governors would want to make sure that the mayors in his province would be his allies.
04:15So it is also in the interest of the governors to ensure that the foot soldiers of his mayors will
04:26be in place in the barangay.
04:28So talagang sisiguruhin nila yan.
04:31So yung sinasabi nila na ang magiging halalan ay pagkatapos ng national election sa Mayo,
04:40hindi ako magtataka na ito ay pupuspon ulit.
04:43Kasi katatapos lang ng gastusan eh,
04:47ng May 2028 election,
04:49tapos sasabihin nila magkahalala na Nobyemre ng parehon taon.
04:53Sa tingin ko, malabo yun.
04:55Kasi kailangan na naman nila magsubi ng panggastos.
04:59Kasi gagastosan din nila eh,
05:02yung halalan eh,
05:04ng barangay.
05:05So let's disabuse ourselves of the,
05:08of what they say na non-political itong barangay election sa pinaglululoko lang natin ang sarili natin.
05:16Okay, but let's give the official reason a chance.
05:19Kasi ang sinabi ng Pangulo ay dagdag panahon to para maglingkod yung mga barangay officials
05:27and kasama na rin yung sangguni ang kabataan,
05:30which we need to discuss as well.
05:32So in fact,
05:33hindi nga ito officially na dini-describe na postponement.
05:38Ito ay nagkaroon ng batas to extend the term from three years to five years.
05:45Kasi nga, there are now legal, judicial impediments.
05:51Kasi may Supreme Court ruling na, di ba?
05:53Yung Makalintal versus Comelec na nagrule na yung Supreme Court
05:58na hindi basta-basta pwedeng i-delay o mag-postpone ng eleksyon,
06:04ng barangay eleksyon.
06:05But let's discuss that official reason na we need to give,
06:10you know, three years is really too short a time,
06:14dinagdagan ng dalawang taon para makapaglingkod itong mga barangay officials.
06:20I mean, on the face of it,
06:22oo nga naman, I mean, you need to give, you know,
06:25these local officials, the village, barangay officials,
06:28you know, time to implement the projects.
06:31Alam mo, kahit naman maghalalan tayo,
06:34kung nakikita ng mga taong bayan na okay ang kanilang mga barangay,
06:38eh, hindi naman imposibleng mahahalal uli sila.
06:41And so, lalong magkakaroon sila ng dagdag na panahon
06:45para magawa nila yung mga dapat nilang gawin.
06:47At higit sa lahat, yung dagdag na panahon na yun,
06:50eh, hindi ito artificial.
06:51Ito ay, kumbaga, may mandato talaga ng tao
06:54kasi sila mismo ang nagbalik sa pwesto
06:57ng mga gusto nila at mga leader ng kanilang mga komunidad.
07:01Unang-una, kailangan natin tingnan yung purpose na itong barangay.
07:08Ang barangay, eh, dinisenyo ito, no?
07:11Kahit pa bago ang Saligang Batas na 1987,
07:15dinisenyo ito na para magkaroon ng representation
07:20ang ating mga komunidad, no?
07:22If you remember, there's always this,
07:26what's this, the so-called town hall, no?
07:30It's not only popular in the other countries,
07:33in the United States, for example,
07:35but also very popular in our case, no?
07:38Hango ito doon sa sinasabi nila
07:40na huntahan palagi sa harap ng saristoro,
07:45ng tindahan kung saan nagkikita-kita mga elders
07:48to talk about issues within the communities.
07:51And so, this was formalized, uh, eventually.
07:54Ah, kahit nasabihin natin na totoo itong argumentong ito,
07:58eh, meron din tayong nasasayang na pondo, no?
08:01Ah, huwi.
08:01Kasi, whether we like it or not,
08:03itong postponement comes rather too late, no?
08:06Ah, nakapag-imprinta na, nakapag-prepara na
08:08ang COMELEC, at siguradong meron na nagastro dito.
08:11At sigurado ko na kasama na dito,
08:14pati yung mga balota, no?
08:15Ah, at pati, kumbaga,
08:19organisado na ito, no?
08:20So, masasayang lahat itong preparasyon na ito
08:22as a result of this postponement, no?
08:25So, in other words,
08:27I don't think it is as cost-effective
08:30as some of our leaders,
08:32including the president, no?
08:34Ah, would like us to believe, no?
08:36So, ah, kailangan tingnan natin ito
08:38in a more objective sense, eh.
08:40Because kung talagang ang pakay natin
08:42ay pagandahin ang ating governance, no?
08:45Mas maging participatory, mas maging,
08:48mas maging, ah, tawag dito,
08:51ah, hayag, no?
08:52At nakikita ng tao, eh,
08:55walang rason para ipospon natin ang halalan.
08:58Okay.
08:59I'll ask you about the timing of this law
09:01and the signing.
09:02Of course, you know,
09:03this kind of legislation has to go through
09:05this process, no?
09:06Pero, I mean, tama kayo.
09:08Ang dami ng preparasyon, no?
09:10It's, mag-o-October na,
09:13dapat in November yung original schedule.
09:16So, bigla na lang,
09:17yung Comelec nga,
09:18nag-announce na na
09:19that they have stopped preparing, no?
09:21So, and of course,
09:23may, there's talk now of,
09:27you know, petitioning the Supreme Court,
09:29which happened previously, no?
09:31But before we go to that, no?
09:32I want to ask you,
09:33kasi nga, about the term limits,
09:35kasi nga, it's not the first time
09:37na in-extend, no?
09:38To five years, no?
09:39About 25 years ago,
09:42the three-year term of barangay officials
09:45was extended to five years before, no?
09:51Kaya nagkaroon ng yung scheduled election
09:54in the year 2000,
09:57pinosponed to October 2002.
10:00So, going back to this justification
10:03na maraming magagawa ang barangay officials
10:07kapag humaba yung kanilang termino,
10:09I wanted to ask you,
10:11nagkaroon ba ng impact,
10:12as far as you can recall,
10:14itong previous extension?
10:16Kasi nga, they were extended
10:18and then some years later,
10:21binalik din sa three years, no?
10:23Yung term ng mga barangay officials.
10:26And then, ngayon,
10:27in-extend ulit to five years.
10:29So, we have a previous experience
10:30with a five-year term.
10:32So, did it have an impact?
10:34How did it actually make a difference?
10:35Itong five-year term
10:36as opposed to a three-year term?
10:38Kasi yun nga yung justification ng Pangulo
10:40at itong mga lawmakers
10:41na pagbinigyan natin ang five years
10:43ay mas makakabuti yan
10:44para sa ating mga komunidad.
10:46I don't think the number of years
10:48would matter, no?
10:49And even elections,
10:51I don't think that it matters, no?
10:54And there are several reasons for it.
10:56Just to cut a long story short, no?
11:01Alam mo,
11:02ang barangay ang pinakapayak
11:06na unit ng politika natin, no?
11:09At ang rason dyan,
11:11eh kasi siya yung nandun sa grassroot,
11:13siya yung tag-implement,
11:14basically, no?
11:16So, kumbaga,
11:17hindi naman siya policymaking, essentially.
11:20May mga policymaking siya
11:21in terms of waste management,
11:24in terms of managing the community,
11:27may katarungan pang barangay.
11:29But if you will notice,
11:30the barangay chairman himself
11:32medyo kakaiba yan, no?
11:34Si barangay chairman
11:35ay hindi lang siya executive.
11:37Part din siya ng legislative.
11:39At part din siya ng katarungan pang barangay.
11:41So, sa madalit sabi,
11:42yung tatlong poder ng pag-gubbyan, no?
11:45Hawak ng chairman.
11:47Bakit ganon?
11:47Kasi nga,
11:48siya yung parang,
11:50kumbaga,
11:51ang tawag natin,
11:52parang siya yung,
11:54ang tawag dito,
11:56tatay ng bayan, no?
11:58Pero sa political purpose,
12:02siya yung,
12:03siya nga yung lieutenant, no?
12:06Doon sa barangay.
12:07So, siya yung tag-implement
12:10ng mga programa
12:12na ibinababa
12:13ng mga munisipyo, no?
12:15And so on.
12:16So,
12:18ang problema nito,
12:19kapag kakinumpara mo yung barangay
12:21sa mga probinsya,
12:22nagagawa talaga ito, no?
12:23Talagang nakakapag-implement
12:25kasi unang-una,
12:26may mga,
12:27hindi natin mayiwasan,
12:28may mga rough roads pa din dyan.
12:30So,
12:30the community government really works, no?
12:33Talagang importante sa kanila.
12:35Pero dito sa mga highly urbanized cities
12:38at yun ang rason kung bakit
12:39parang pendulum swing, no?
12:41Minsan,
12:41sasabihin nila,
12:42three years lang,
12:43dapat extend natin five years.
12:44Kasi nga,
12:46hindi ma-distinguish-distinguish.
12:48Hindi naman talaga inaaral mabuti
12:50ng mga policymakers.
12:51Kasama na din yan
12:52doon sa kabuwang political system natin.
12:54Na anim na taon lang sila nakakapagsilbi,
12:56hindi nila naiintindihan mabuti.
12:58Pero sa highly urbanized cities
13:00and you see this every day, no?
13:02You go to a particular place
13:03with the big mall,
13:04can you imagine
13:05na barangay still doing work there?
13:07Anong papel nila doon?
13:09They provide security
13:10and may sariling security yan.
13:12Anong papel nila doon?
13:14Ang tawag dito,
13:16sila yung health regulation,
13:19sila yung,
13:21ang tawag dito,
13:22magpapatupad ng fire standards
13:26and so on.
13:27Hindi nila magagawa yun eh.
13:28Now, assuming na sila ang gagawa nun,
13:31it's going to be unwieldy
13:32kasi ang lalaki ng mga mall natin.
13:34To make the long story short,
13:36part of the debate has always been
13:39in the highly urbanized cities,
13:40probably,
13:42if the,
13:43if RA 7160 can be revised,
13:46and it should be revised, no?
13:47Yung highly urbanized cities,
13:49baka po pwedeng appointed na lang yan,
13:51their deputized to do,
13:55implement the programs and services
13:57on behalf of the municipal.
13:58Sa rural areas,
13:59again, ulitin ko,
14:00talagang importante yan sila.
14:02So, we have to be able to distinguish it.
14:05Ang problema,
14:05hindi naman nasusunod,
14:07karamihan ng mga batas,
14:08ang daming hindi nabibisita.
14:10Lalo na kung ang mga hinahalal nating
14:13mga mababatas,
14:14eh, talagang wala naman talagang alam na gawin,
14:17eh, talagang hindi yan mabibisita.
14:19You can just imagine,
14:20under the RA 7160,
14:23every five years,
14:24merong kasing oversight function
14:26ng kongreso dito.
14:27Nire-review yan, no?
14:28Actually, hindi lang sa local government code
14:30yung oversight function.
14:31Sa lahat ng batas,
14:32may oversight function ng kongreso.
14:34Ang problema,
14:35kapag naisa batas na,
14:37hindi na yan nire-review.
14:38Merong nangyaring review,
14:40third-party review,
14:41kasama kami dyan,
14:42ng mga academics,
14:43ng mga civil society groups.
14:45We do the review
14:46so that we can recommend
14:47the changes, no?
14:49Or improvements
14:50to the local government code.
14:51Hindi nga nangyayari yun.
14:53And this is the reason why
14:54it led to the Mandanas Garcia ruling.
14:56No less than
14:57governors of provinces, no?
14:59had to petition the Supreme Court, no?
15:02To act and force
15:04the government, no?
15:06To read
15:08the local government code
15:09in the way that
15:10it should be read
15:11in consonance
15:12with the 1987 Constitution.
15:15And lastly,
15:16dahil nga hindi masyadong
15:17natututukan
15:18ang paggawa ng batas
15:20dito sa atin,
15:21madalas merong
15:22conflict, no?
15:23A perfect example
15:24is the
15:25Indigenous People's Rights Act, no?
15:27Yung paggawa na lang
15:29ng
15:30development plan, no?
15:32already contradicts, no?
15:34The plans that supposedly, no?
15:36Will come from
15:38and will be significant
15:39for our IPs.
15:41So, yun yung
15:42kailangan natin
15:44tingnan dito.
15:45So, in essence,
15:47what I'm trying to say is
15:48yung nangyayari ngayon
15:50na postpone ng postpone
15:52at nawawala na
15:53yung significance
15:54ng mandato
15:55ng tao
15:55sa mga barangay officials,
15:57eh, ito ay side effect
15:59ng kabuoang
16:01problema, lalong-lalo na
16:02side effect
16:03ng mga batas
16:04na kung tutusin, eh,
16:06hindi namang tama
16:07ang pagkakagawa
16:08o hindi na nare-review
16:10at hindi na na
16:11i-improve.
16:12Okay, so,
16:13balikan ko lang,
16:14Prof, itong timing, no?
16:16So,
16:17itutuloy na sana
16:18itong November
16:202026
16:20barangay
16:21and SK elections
16:22biglang,
16:23yun nga,
16:24a few days ago,
16:25pinirmahan ng Pangulo
16:26itong postponement
16:28to November
16:302028, no?
16:32So,
16:33this is a last-minute
16:34postponement, no?
16:36look,
16:37does the timing
16:38mean anything?
16:39We know that
16:40pinuspone ng Pangulo,
16:42Pangulang Marcos,
16:43yung December
16:432022
16:45barangay
16:46and SK
16:47elections.
16:48So,
16:48this is not a first
16:48postponement.
16:49Itong ginawa niya
16:50recently, no?
16:512022,
16:54pinupuspone
16:54ng gobyerno,
16:56of course,
16:57Pangulo Marcos
16:57just signed
16:58a legislation,
17:00no?
17:00So,
17:00of course,
17:00this needs
17:01a law.
17:03And then,
17:04nagkaroon ng
17:05Supreme Court
17:06ruling
17:07declaring it
17:08unconstitutional,
17:10pero
17:10the ruling
17:11was issued
17:13medyo late na.
17:15Yeah, so,
17:16pinayagan pa rin
17:17ituloy.
17:18Now,
17:20it looks like
17:20the same
17:22si
17:22Attorney
17:23Makilintal
17:25will challenge
17:26it again
17:27in the Supreme
17:27Court,
17:28but
17:29baka maulit
17:29lang ulit yun,
17:30so,
17:31no matter what
17:32the Supreme
17:32Court says,
17:33dahil it's so
17:34late,
17:34baka hindi na rin
17:36pwedeng ituloy.
17:37Pero could it be?
17:38Alimbawa,
17:39it might be too
17:40late already
17:41to hold it,
17:43hold a
17:44Barangay and
17:44SK elections
17:45in November
17:462026,
17:47pero
17:47kung mag-rule
17:48yung Supreme
17:49Court
17:49na unconstitutional
17:51ang postponement,
17:54baka
17:54pwede ba
17:55nilang sabihin
17:56na
17:56you cannot
17:57postpone it
17:58to November
17:582028,
17:59but
18:01it's too late
18:02to hold it
18:03this year,
18:04but you have to
18:04hold it next year.
18:05Pwede bang ganon?
18:08Considering
18:08the logistical
18:09problem of
18:12doing it
18:12this year
18:13already?
18:14The way
18:15I understand
18:16the Supreme
18:17Court
18:17is hindi
18:18sila pwedeng
18:19magsabi na
18:19o sa ganitong
18:21petyan nyo
18:21nalang gawin yan.
18:23But
18:23what I also
18:24know is
18:25that the
18:25Supreme
18:25Court
18:26acts on
18:28issues
18:28na talagang
18:29kailangan
18:29actionan
18:30kaagad.
18:30So,
18:31I'm not
18:31going to
18:31be,
18:32I won't
18:32be surprised
18:33if,
18:34say,
18:35by next
18:35week,
18:35meron
18:36ng
18:37sagot
18:38ang
18:38Korte
18:39Suprema
18:39kung
18:39meron
18:40ng
18:40petisyon
18:40na
18:40naihain
18:41ngayon.
18:42Kung
18:43ganon
18:44naman
18:44nangyayari,
18:45sa tingin ko
18:46wala
18:46namang
18:47dahilan
18:48para hindi
18:49matuloy
18:49ito
18:49sa
18:50Nobyembre.
18:50Meron
18:50ka pang
18:51isang
18:51buong
18:51buwan
18:52para
18:53magprepara
18:54para
18:54matuloy
18:55yung
18:55November
18:55election.
18:56Ang
18:57komplikasyon
18:57kasi
18:57dito,
18:58katulad
18:58na
18:58nabanggit
18:59mo,
18:59pinospon
19:00yung
19:002022,
19:01kasi
19:01nga,
19:02katatapos
19:02lang ng
19:03national
19:03elections.
19:04So,
19:04sa
19:04madil
19:05sabi,
19:05katatapos
19:10kanyang
19:11gastusan
19:11yan.
19:12So,
19:12dahil
19:13kanyang
19:13kanyang
19:13gastusan,
19:14ayaw,
19:14ang iniisip
19:15ng mga
19:16politiko,
19:18mag-iipon
19:19muna tayo
19:19bago tayo
19:20ulit
19:20magkaroon
19:21ng halalan.
19:22So,
19:22pagdating
19:22ng
19:222028,
19:24ho eh,
19:25imposible
19:25na hindi
19:26na naman
19:26magkakaroon
19:27ng
19:27bulong-bulungan
19:28na ipospon
19:29na naman
19:29itong
19:30barangay
19:31elections
19:31kasi
19:32nga,
19:32katatapos
19:32na naman
19:33ng halalan.
19:34So,
19:34yun yung
19:35problema.
19:35So,
19:36sabi nga nila
19:37you're kicking
19:37the can
19:39continually
19:40precisely
19:41because you
19:41can't make
19:42a decisive
19:43decision
19:44just yet.
19:45Ang
19:45solution
19:46dito
19:46is balikan
19:47nga itong
19:47local
19:48government
19:48code
19:48at ayusin
19:49yung
19:50batas
19:51pagdating
19:51dyan.
19:52So,
19:53ang hinihintay
19:54na lang
19:54natin
19:54dito
19:55and I'm
19:57inclined
19:57to think
19:57na,
19:58well,
19:58the
19:58very active
20:00ng Supreme
20:00Court
20:00natin
20:00recently
20:01meron silang
20:01decision
20:02against
20:02advice,
20:04I don't
20:04want to
20:04say
20:05force,
20:05but
20:06even
20:06if it's
20:07a rite
20:07of
20:07mandamus,
20:08it's
20:08still
20:08more
20:08of
20:09a
20:09reminder
20:10to
20:10Congress
20:11that,
20:11hey,
20:11you have
20:11to
20:12pass
20:12the
20:12law
20:13on
20:13a
20:13political
20:13dynasty.
20:14It's been
20:14four decades
20:15now,
20:15you have
20:15to be able
20:16to pass
20:16it.
20:17So,
20:18if and
20:19when,
20:19let's say,
20:20for the sake
20:20of argument,
20:21the Supreme
20:21Court action
20:22comes rather
20:23very near
20:24November,
20:25perhaps the
20:26Supreme
20:26Court can
20:27say,
20:28you can't
20:29just keep
20:30on postponing
20:32barangay
20:32elections,
20:32you have
20:33to be able
20:34to do
20:34it really
20:35soon.
20:35So,
20:36it won't
20:37be
20:37unusual
20:38if
20:40the Supreme
20:41Court will
20:42say,
20:43you have to
20:43hold the
20:44elections now,
20:45and by now
20:46means giving
20:47them time to
20:48prepare,
20:49siguro early
20:50next year.
20:52that's the
20:52complication
20:53of the
20:54whole
20:54political
20:54process.
20:55Ang reference
20:56palagi
20:56when it
20:57comes to
20:57barangay
20:58elections is
20:58how near
20:59is it
21:00in the
21:01next
21:01regular
21:02national
21:03elections.
21:04Kasi
21:05ayaw
21:05talaga
21:06nilang
21:06pagsasabayan
21:07yan.
21:07So,
21:08yun yung
21:09dalawang
21:09pwedeng
21:10option
21:10dyan.
21:11Sabihin
21:11ng
21:11Court
21:12yung
21:12Suprema,
21:12hindi
21:13ninyo
21:13gawin
21:14yan,
21:14so,
21:14you have
21:15to
21:15reschedule
21:15it,
21:16but not
21:162028,
21:17kasi sigurado
21:18ko,
21:18mapupuspon
21:19na naman
21:19yan.
21:20Or,
21:20the Supreme
21:21Court
21:21acts
21:21with
21:22dispatch,
21:23and by
21:24next
21:24week,
21:24meron
21:25na siyang
21:26decision
21:26na ituloy
21:27nyo
21:27na yan,
21:28and that
21:28will
21:28still give
21:28time for
21:29Comelec
21:29to prepare
21:30for
21:30November.
21:31Kasi,
21:31yung
21:32balota
21:32kasi,
21:33ano naman
21:34yan,
21:34pro-forma
21:35na lang yan,
21:36hindi naman
21:36nilalagay
21:37yung
21:37pang,
21:37hindi katulad
21:38yung
21:38election
21:38na,
21:38hindi
21:39ganun eh.
21:40So,
21:41blanco
21:41yan eh.
21:42So,
21:43kumbaga,
21:44madaling
21:44gumalaw
21:45ang
21:45Comelec
21:46pagdating
21:46dyan,
21:46and the
21:47counting
21:47is
21:47manual,
21:48pag
21:49barangay
21:49election.
21:50So,
21:51hindi
21:51ganun
21:52problema.
21:53I'm just
21:54curious,
21:55no?
21:57Kasi
21:57sinasabi nyo
21:58na masyadong
21:59malapit yung
21:59November
22:002028
22:01doon sa
22:01national
22:01elections,
22:02and then
22:02siguradong
22:03magiging
22:03mainit yung
22:05presidential
22:05elections,
22:06malaki yung
22:06gagastusin,
22:07et cetera,
22:08no?
22:08So,
22:09didn't the
22:10legislators
22:11know that?
22:12I mean,
22:13why create
22:14a law
22:14that would
22:15hold
22:16the
22:17next
22:18barangay
22:18election
22:18so soon
22:19after the
22:20national
22:20elections?
22:21I mean,
22:21these are
22:21professional
22:22politicians.
22:23I mean,
22:23they would
22:24know
22:24that even
22:26more than
22:26us
22:26who are
22:27outside,
22:28you know,
22:28we're not
22:29the ones
22:29running and
22:29spending
22:30money for
22:31the
22:31campaign,
22:32di ba?
22:32I mean,
22:33why did
22:33they create
22:35a situation
22:36where,
22:37like you
22:37said,
22:39malamang
22:39ipopospone
22:40na naman?
22:40I mean,
22:41that's my
22:41first question.
22:42And then,
22:42the corollary
22:43question there
22:44is,
22:44you make
22:45it seem,
22:45Prof,
22:46that it's
22:46going to
22:46be easy
22:47to postpone
22:48the
22:48November
22:492028
22:50elections
22:50when the
22:52whole point
22:52of the
22:53Supreme
22:53Court
22:53ruling,
22:54yung
22:54Makalintal
22:55versus
22:55Comilek,
22:56is to
22:56make it
22:56to raise
22:57the
22:58threshold
22:59of
22:59postponing
23:00the
23:01barangay
23:02elections
23:03so that
23:04you cannot
23:05use
23:05itong
23:06sinasabing
23:06yung
23:07voter
23:08fatigue
23:08or
23:12nagastos
23:12na yung
23:12pera.
23:13I mean,
23:13those are like,
23:14to the
23:14Supreme
23:15Court,
23:15those don't
23:16seem like
23:16compelling
23:17enough
23:17reasons
23:18to
23:20postpone
23:20the
23:20barangay
23:21elections
23:21again.
23:22So,
23:23ganun ba
23:24kadali
23:24ngayon
23:24after the
23:25Supreme
23:26Court
23:26ruling
23:26na magpospone?
23:27I mean,
23:28even this
23:30postponement
23:30is
23:32questionable
23:33under
23:34that
23:34jurisprudence.
23:36Well,
23:37okay.
23:38Ang sagot ko
23:39sa'yo
23:39dun sa
23:39una mong
23:39sinabi,
23:40I can only
23:41envy you
23:42for believing
23:43too much
23:43on the
23:44capacity
23:45of our
23:46lawmakers.
23:48I don't
23:49think that,
23:50well,
23:50of course,
23:51they have
23:51the capacity
23:52to think
23:53ahead,
23:54no?
23:55But the
23:56more immediate
23:57concern is
23:58what's more
23:59important for
24:00them.
24:00Again,
24:01because as
24:01you've
24:02mentioned,
24:022028 is
24:03expected to
24:04be rather
24:05really,
24:06no?
24:07Paano ba?
24:09Intense.
24:11Intense is
24:12even not
24:13enough
24:14to describe
24:15it.
24:16Yeah,
24:16so it's
24:17an
24:17understatement.
24:18It could
24:18be
24:18existential,
24:19ganon.
24:21Talagang
24:23nakatutok
24:24na yung
24:24isip
24:25nila
24:25dyan.
24:25Ayaw
24:26muna
24:26nilang
24:27kumbaga
24:28sa
24:29management,
24:31isantabi
24:31muna
24:31natin
24:32itong
24:32problema
24:32to
24:32sa
24:33susunod
24:33na
24:33ito.
24:34Okay.
24:35Yung
24:35sagot
24:36dun sa
24:36pangalawa,
24:38jurisprudence
24:38and so
24:39on and
24:39so
24:39forth,
24:40there is
24:40a reason
24:40why
24:41the
24:41decision
24:42to
24:42postpone
24:42it
24:43happened
24:43only
24:44now.
24:45On the
24:46very
24:46day
24:47that
24:47the
24:48filing
24:49of
24:49candidacy
24:50should
24:50have
24:51started,
24:52kasi
24:52by then,
24:54in theory,
24:55iniisip nila
24:56siguro,
24:57wala
24:57ng panahon
24:58ang
24:58Korte Suprema
24:59na gumalaw
25:00at magdesisyon
25:01at harangan
25:01itong
25:04postponement
25:05na ito.
25:05Given
25:06the
25:06track
25:06record
25:07of
25:07the
25:07Supreme
25:08Court,
25:08I'm
25:08not
25:08saying
25:08it's
25:09good,
25:10it says
25:10a lot
25:11when it
25:11comes
25:11to
25:12the
25:12kind
25:12of
25:12democracy
25:13because
25:13the
25:14Supreme
25:14Court
25:15should
25:15not
25:15be
25:15doing
25:16the
25:17work
25:17of
25:18the
25:18executive
25:19nor
25:19the
25:19legislature
25:20for
25:20that
25:20matter.
25:21That's
25:21not
25:22their
25:22job.
25:22But
25:23precisely
25:23because
25:23our
25:24political
25:24institutions
25:25have
25:25not
25:26been
25:26working,
25:27the
25:28Supreme
25:28Court
25:28almost
25:29always
25:29have
25:29to
25:30come
25:30in
25:30and
25:32fill
25:33the
25:33void,
25:35at
25:35yun
25:36nga
25:36decision
25:36on
25:37the
25:37anti-political
25:37dine,
25:38hindi naman
25:38una yan,
25:39hoi,
25:39kaya nga
25:39nabanggit ko
25:40kanina
25:40yung
25:40mandanas
25:40kasi
25:41ruling,
25:41kasi
25:42kung
25:42tutusin,
25:43kaya
25:43nangyari
25:44yun,
25:44kasi
25:44nga
25:44hindi
25:44gumagalaw
25:45yung
25:47proseso
25:47sa
25:48kongreso
25:48para
25:49mabago
25:49itong
25:50mga
25:50kinay
25:50kailangan
25:51mabago
25:51sa
25:51batas
25:52na
25:52ito.
25:52So
25:52if
25:53it's
25:53not
25:53able
25:53to
25:54act
25:54right,
25:55magiging
25:55imutin
25:55academic,
25:56katulad
25:56nung
25:56nangyari
25:56nitong
25:57huli.
25:59So
25:59in other
26:00words,
26:01if
26:022028
26:03happens,
26:03hindi
26:04naman
26:04magpopostpone
26:05yan a
26:06few
26:06months
26:06before
26:07the
26:07supposed
26:08scheduled
26:09elections
26:10ng
26:10barangay,
26:11magpopostpone
26:11na naman
26:12yan
26:12ng
26:14last minute.
26:16So
26:16ganun
26:16ulit
26:17ito
26:17magiging
26:17style
26:18na.
26:18So
26:18sa
26:19madalit
26:19sabi
26:19na
26:20mabuti
26:20itong
26:21programa
26:21na
26:22ginagawa
26:22mo
26:22ngayon
26:22kasi
26:23pag
26:23nakita
26:23ito
26:24ng
26:24Koti
26:25nila,
26:25kailangan
26:26nila
26:26gumalaw
26:27kagad.
26:27Otherwise,
26:28this is
26:29going to
26:29happen
26:29over
26:30and
26:30over
26:31and
26:31over
26:31again.
26:33Okay,
26:33just as
26:34an aside,
26:35just to
26:36share,
26:36I came
26:37recently
26:37from
26:37Cebuyan
26:38Island.
26:39I sat
26:40in
26:40on
26:41an
26:41important
26:42decision
26:42by
26:43the
26:43barangay
26:44council
26:44on
26:45a
26:45mining
26:46application.
26:47So
26:48sa ilalim
26:49ng
26:49batas,
26:50ay
26:50kailangan
26:50i-endorso
26:51daw
26:51ng
26:51barangay.
26:53And
26:54of
26:54course,
26:54the
26:54mining
26:54company,
26:55dumaan
26:55yan
26:55sa
26:56DNR
26:57na,
26:57and
26:57then
26:58they were
26:59already
26:59preparing
27:00to
27:00mine,
27:01pero
27:01kulang
27:01na lang
27:02itong
27:02endorse
27:03ng
27:03barangay.
27:04So
27:04mainit
27:05yung
27:06usapan
27:07doon
27:07sa
27:07hearing,
27:08may pro-mining,
27:08may anti-mining,
27:10but in the end,
27:11hindi
27:11in-endorso
27:12ng
27:12barangay.
27:13So
27:14it's
27:15just
27:15a
27:15demonstration
27:15na
27:16yung
27:16sinasabi
27:17nyo
27:17na
27:18kahit
27:19dito sa
27:20mababang
27:21level
27:22ng
27:22local
27:23governance,
27:24meron
27:24talagang
27:25powers
27:26yan.
27:27But
27:27at the
27:27same
27:27time,
27:29after
27:30that
27:30barangay
27:30non-endorsement,
27:34umakyat
27:35yung
27:35proseso
27:36sa
27:36provincial
27:37board.
27:38mayroong
27:40power
27:41ang
27:42sangguniang
27:43bayan
27:44to review
27:44actions
27:45of the
27:46lower
27:46governments.
27:47Pero
27:49yun na nga,
27:50that's the
27:50problem.
27:51In fact,
27:51the provincial
27:52legislature
27:53can overturn
27:56legislations
27:56or decisions
27:57done by
27:58lower
27:58level
27:59governments.
28:00So
28:01that's the
28:01reason for
28:03that.
28:03And for
28:03obvious reasons,
28:04sorry,
28:05pero
28:05let's
28:06call
28:06the
28:06spade.
28:07Mas
28:07madaling
28:08kausapin
28:09ng
28:09mga
28:09kumpanya
28:11yung
28:12mga
28:12nandun
28:13sa
28:13probinsa
28:13kesa
28:14yung
28:14mga
28:14nandun
28:14sa
28:15community.
28:15Actually,
28:16kaya
28:16nilagay
28:16yan
28:16sa
28:17Mining
28:17Act
28:17kasi
28:18sila
28:18yung
28:18direct
28:19ang
28:19magiging
28:20apektado
28:20ng
28:21minahan.
28:22At
28:23kaya
28:23nga,
28:23kanina,
28:24if you
28:24remember,
28:25I was
28:26trying to
28:26distinguish
28:27rural
28:28barangays
28:28from
28:29highly
28:30urbanized
28:30barangays
28:31kasi
28:31doon
28:32marami
28:33pa
28:33talagang
28:33kailangan
28:34maraming
28:35usapin
28:36doon
28:36kasi
28:36nandun
28:37puro
28:37communities
28:38talaga
28:38halos
28:39yung
28:39mga
28:40nasa
28:40rural
28:41areas.
28:42Hindi
28:42yan
28:43industrial
28:43complex
28:44and so
28:45on and so
28:46forth.
28:46At
28:46yun
28:46nga
28:47yung
28:47rason
28:47kung
28:47bakit
28:48nilagay
28:48sila
28:49sa
28:49Mining
28:49Law.
28:50They
28:50have
28:50to
28:50approve
28:51because
28:51at
28:52the
28:52end
28:52of
28:52the
28:52day
28:52sila
28:53yung
28:53magiging
28:54apektado
28:55nung
28:55minahan.
28:56Remember,
28:56andami
28:57nang
28:57naging
29:00tawag
29:00dito
29:02komunidad
29:02na
29:03naging
29:03ghost town
29:04na lang
29:04as a
29:05result
29:05of
29:06the
29:06mining
29:07operations.
29:08And
29:08this is
29:09the
29:09reason
29:09why
29:10that
29:10was
29:10incorporated
29:11as an
29:12integral
29:13part
29:14of the
29:14process
29:14of
29:15mining
29:16operations.
29:16Kaya
29:17lang,
29:17yun
29:17yung
29:17butas
29:18nga
29:18nyan.
29:18Pagdating
29:19sa
29:19provincial
29:20level,
29:20pwedeng
29:22overturn.
29:24Perfect
29:25example
29:25pala
29:26yung
29:26sa
29:26South
29:27Cotabato.
29:28I'm
29:28just
29:29trying
29:29to
29:29recall
29:29the
29:30governor
29:30then.
29:31But
29:31it was
29:31a
29:31good
29:32thing
29:32that
29:33the
29:33local
29:33communities
29:34were
29:34very
29:35much
29:35supported
29:35by
29:35the
29:36province.
29:36So
29:36talagang
29:37hindi
29:37natuloy
29:37yung
29:37hinahandun.
29:38I'm
29:38sharing
29:39just
29:39as
29:39an
29:40example
29:41of
29:41the
29:41powers
29:42ng
29:42barangay.
29:44We
29:44cannot
29:45take
29:45these
29:46barangay
29:47councils
29:48and
29:48officials
29:48lightly.
29:49Nakita
29:50natin
29:50yan.
29:50I've
29:51seen
29:51barangay
29:52officials
29:53mediate
29:53conflicts.
29:55I've
29:55seen
29:56them
29:56even
29:57just
29:57domestic
29:58quarrels,
29:59custody
29:59battles
30:00over
30:01children.
30:02And you
30:03hear this
30:04again and
30:04again
30:04sa mga
30:04komunidad
30:05na
30:05ipapabarangay
30:06kita.
30:07They don't
30:07say,
30:08I will
30:08call the
30:08police.
30:09It functions
30:11as law
30:12enforcement.
30:12Pero
30:13they're
30:14being
30:14relied
30:15upon
30:15to
30:15resolve
30:16conflicts,
30:17to
30:19respond to
30:19crime,
30:21etc.
30:21So,
30:22mas
30:22marinig
30:23mo
30:23yan
30:23minsan
30:23sa
30:24ibang
30:24communities
30:24kaysa
30:25sa
30:25police.
30:25Kasi
30:25for
30:26obvious
30:27reasons,
30:28community
30:28level
30:29sila,
30:29so
30:29the
30:30assumption
30:31is that
30:31magkakakilala
30:32sila,
30:32so
30:32they should
30:34be able
30:34to
30:35settle
30:36differences
30:36among
30:37themselves.
30:38So,
30:38it should
30:38be easier.
30:39In fact,
30:40kahit
30:40sa
30:40judiciary,
30:42required
30:42yan,
30:42unang-unang
30:43tatanungin
30:44sa'yo ng
30:44piskalya,
30:45dumana
30:45na ba
30:45kayo sa
30:45barangay,
30:46nasettle
30:46na ba
30:46sa
30:46barangay,
30:47bago
30:47nyo
30:47dalhin
30:48yan
30:48dito.
30:48So,
30:49yan yung
30:49mga
30:50bagay
30:50na
30:51talagang
30:52importante
30:53sa
30:53barangay.
30:53Pero yung
30:54mga
30:54sinasahin
30:54mo,
30:54katulad
30:55yan sa
30:55mga
30:55minahan,
30:56sa mga
30:57rural
30:57areas
30:57lang yan
30:58talaga
30:58kailangan.
30:59At
30:59kahit
31:00yung
31:00delivery
31:01ng
31:02health
31:04services,
31:05kailangan
31:05talaga yan
31:06sa rural
31:06areas
31:07kasi
31:07malayo
31:07talaga
31:08sila.
31:09Especially
31:09in the
31:10island
31:10barangays,
31:11talagang
31:12anlaki
31:13ng
31:13function
31:13ng
31:14barangay
31:14dyan.
31:17importanting
31:18level
31:18ng
31:19paggugubyat.
31:20But again,
31:21precisely
31:21because
31:22we're an
31:23archipelago,
31:23medyo
31:24komplikado
31:24yung
31:24differences
31:25between
31:25one
31:25barangay
31:26to
31:26another,
31:26ang
31:26hirap
31:27mong
31:27lagyan
31:28ng
31:28standard.
31:31Okay.
31:33Let's
31:34go to
31:34the
31:34political
31:35calculus
31:35here.
31:37So,
31:38ang
31:38official
31:38reason
31:39ay
31:39para
31:40mapabuti
31:41yung
31:41public
31:41service
31:42sa
31:42barangay
31:43level,
31:43the
31:43barangay
31:43officials
31:44are
31:44able to
31:44finish
31:45their
31:45projects,
31:46etc.
31:46etc.
31:47Okay.
31:47So,
31:48let's
31:49assume
31:49that
31:49good
31:49faith
31:50that's
31:51also
31:51true,
31:52but
31:52there's
31:52also
31:53a
31:53political
31:53calculus
31:54here,
31:55meaning
31:55may
31:55makikinabang
31:56politically,
31:57may
31:57hindi,
31:58etc.
31:59So,
32:00ano nga ba?
32:00Ano yung
32:02senaryo
32:02dito?
32:04Who
32:05would stand
32:05to
32:05benefit
32:06aside
32:07from
32:07yung
32:08barangay
32:09officials
32:09themselves,
32:10na may
32:10extend
32:11sila
32:11sa
32:11puesto,
32:11they
32:11don't
32:12have
32:12to
32:12spend
32:13money
32:13to
32:13campaign
32:14again,
32:14to
32:14run,
32:15or
32:15anybody,
32:16so,
32:17magtatagal
32:18sila
32:18sa
32:18puesto.
32:19But,
32:19who else?
32:20Nabanggit nyo nga,
32:21these are foot soldiers
32:21for higher
32:22officials,
32:24mayor,
32:25governor,
32:26even,
32:26I guess,
32:27up to the
32:28political,
32:28presidential
32:29candidates,
32:30national
32:30candidates,
32:31may
32:32network
32:33yan sa
32:33barangay.
32:33So,
32:38what's the
32:39thinking behind
32:39this
32:40politically?
32:42Well,
32:43ang
32:44magbe-benefit
32:45dyan,
32:45it's the
32:46barangay
32:47officials
32:47themselves,
32:48but
32:49whoever
32:51are
32:52supporting
32:53this
32:53incumbent
32:54barangay
32:54officials,
32:55yung mga
32:55patron nila,
32:56sila yung
32:57siguradong
32:58interesado
32:59dyan,
32:59and I
33:01won't be
33:01surprised
33:02kung sila yung
33:02nag-push
33:03ng postponement
33:04yung halalan
33:05sa barangay,
33:06e ginagastusan
33:07din yan
33:07ng mga
33:08mas nakatataas
33:10ng mga
33:10political
33:10officials,
33:11because as
33:12much as
33:12possible,
33:14they would
33:14want their
33:15own people
33:15to be in
33:16the
33:17barangay
33:18positions.
33:20So,
33:20sila yung
33:21most likely
33:22na makikinabang
33:23dyan,
33:23and therefore,
33:24it's the
33:24incumbent
33:25officials,
33:26higher than
33:27the barangay
33:27officials who
33:28are more
33:29likely the
33:30ones very
33:31much interested
33:32to postpone
33:34the elections.
33:35Again,
33:36this has much
33:37to do with
33:38the 2028
33:39elections,
33:39because again,
33:41as I was
33:41trying to say
33:42earlier,
33:44preparations na
33:45hawi.
33:45So,
33:46as much as
33:46possible,
33:47they would
33:47want to
33:49ensure that
33:50it is their
33:51people that
33:52are at the
33:53community level
33:54so that it's
33:55easier for
33:56them to
33:56organize and
33:57prepare.
33:58So,
33:58to my
33:59mind,
34:00the only
34:01reason for
34:02the postponement
34:03is political.
34:04There's no
34:04other
34:05reason that's
34:07realistic.
34:08Ito,
34:08magbe-benefit
34:09dito,
34:09yung mga
34:10ibang
34:10elected
34:10officials,
34:11kasi sila
34:11yung
34:12directang
34:14katrabaho
34:15at sila
34:15yung
34:16directang
34:16nangangailangan
34:17ng foot
34:17soldiers,
34:18hindi
34:18naman yung
34:18Pangulo,
34:19hindi
34:19naman yung
34:19pangalawang
34:20Pangulo.
34:20So,
34:21ikat sa
34:21both ways.
34:22Mas
34:22madaling
34:23kumbinsihin
34:23na makuha
34:24mo sa
34:25grupo
34:26mo,
34:26kaysa
34:26magpapatakbo
34:27ka,
34:28gagastos
34:28ka,
34:29hindi ka
34:29sigurado
34:29kung mananalo
34:30yung patatakbohin
34:31mo,
34:31and at the
34:32same time,
34:34dagdag pa
34:35sa alalahanin
34:36mo.
34:37So,
34:37in other words,
34:38politically,
34:39yun yung
34:39consideration
34:40kung bakit
34:41pinupuspon
34:41ng pinupuspon
34:42palagi
34:43ang halalan
34:43sa barangay.
34:44Would it
34:45be fair
34:45to assume
34:46na marami
34:46ditong
34:47barangay
34:47officials
34:48na ma-extend,
34:50yun,
34:51hindi sila
34:51kailangang
34:52gumastos,
34:52I mean,
34:53you know,
34:53they'll retain
34:53their powers
34:54for an extra
34:56two years,
34:57magkakaroon sila
34:58ng utang
34:59na loob
35:00dito sa
35:01kasulukuyang
35:02administration
35:03at kasulukuyang
35:05kongreso.
35:06Diba?
35:07Yeah,
35:08you could say
35:09that,
35:09but again,
35:11the dynamics
35:12at the local
35:12level is not
35:13very close
35:14to the point
35:15that
35:16hindi mo
35:17masyadong
35:17nakikita
35:18yung benefit
35:19ng support
35:19sa national.
35:20Ang importanteng
35:22support dito
35:22is between
35:23your next
35:25level.
35:26Yung patron mo
35:27hindi naman
35:28yung national.
35:29Ang patron mo
35:30yung susunod
35:30sa'yo
35:31sa hierarchy.
35:32So,
35:33kung barangay ka,
35:34yung susunod
35:34na hierarchy
35:35yung munisipyo.
35:36So,
35:36ang tinitingnan mo
35:37yung patron mo
35:37doon.
35:38Kung hindi naman
35:38yung munisipyo,
35:39yung probinsya.
35:41So,
35:41ang tatanaw
35:42ng utang
35:42na loob dito
35:43yung mga probinsya
35:44at yung mga mayor
35:45ng munisipyo.
35:47Now,
35:49when the critical
35:51when the going
35:52gets tough,
35:53sabi nga nila,
35:53alimbawa,
35:54ang halala naman,
35:55hindi naman dinidesisyonan,
35:56lala na pagka-presidential
35:57elections,
35:58kung napansin mo,
35:59lahat yan,
36:00dinesisyonan a few months
36:01before the election
36:02period itself.
36:03Ang daming,
36:04lahat ng istoryan yan,
36:06sa umpisa,
36:07ang lakas-lakas
36:08nitong kandidatong to,
36:09tapos bigla-bigla
36:11mawawala yung
36:12magic niya.
36:13Pag dumating
36:14doon sa punto
36:15na nawawala
36:16yung ganyang
36:17numbers,
36:18kahit pasabihin mo
36:20na may utang
36:21na loob sa'yo,
36:22kung makita nila
36:23towards the
36:24endgame,
36:25wala ka ng numero,
36:27mawawala
36:27at mawawala
36:28sa'yo yan.
36:29So,
36:29hindi
36:30factor yung
36:32utang
36:33na loob.
36:33Factor yan
36:34at the start,
36:35but in the end,
36:36hindi rin yan
36:37i-coconsider.
36:38Okay,
36:39klaro po yun.
36:40So,
36:41I need to ask you
36:41about the
36:42Sangguniang Kabataan,
36:43kasi hindi naman
36:44siguro dapat
36:45afterthought ito
36:47dahil ang daming,
36:48maaring maraming
36:49kabataan
36:50ang interesado rito
36:52at nakikinig
36:54sa atin ngayon.
36:55So,
36:56sinabay yung
36:57postponement?
36:58Paano,
36:58alam ba,
36:59sa Java talaga
37:00from the start
37:01na sinasabay
37:02ang Sangguniang Kabataan
37:04eleksyon
37:04sa barangay
37:05eleksyon
37:06at bakit
37:08kailangan din
37:09sabay silang
37:10ipopostpone?
37:11Well,
37:12kasi talagang
37:13ang SK
37:14nasa barangay din eh.
37:16Talagang magkasama
37:17sila sa barangay.
37:18In other words,
37:19they've always been,
37:21they've always shared
37:22election cycles.
37:26Okay.
37:27So,
37:28yung idea dito
37:30of course was
37:31I guess
37:31to train future leaders
37:32and
37:35but
37:36there's been
37:37talk of
37:38abolishing
37:39yun nga
37:39under
37:41previous
37:43administrations
37:44there have been
37:45politicians
37:45who wanted to
37:47who actually
37:48proposed
37:48the abolition
37:49of the
37:50Sangguniang Kabataan.
37:52I don't think
37:53anyone is
37:54proposing
37:55the abolition
37:55of the
37:57barangay
37:58but
37:59itong Sangguniang Kabataan
38:00ay mukhang
38:01para sa ibang
38:02para sa iba
38:03ay expendable.
38:05Kayo,
38:06you've been part of
38:07this for
38:09decades.
38:09You've been
38:10studying it,
38:11the impact,
38:12the elections,
38:12the postponements.
38:13is this
38:14worth
38:15continuing?
38:17Well,
38:18if we will
38:19be basing
38:19our
38:22thinking
38:22doon sa
38:23assumption
38:24na
38:26kailangan
38:26ang
38:27Kabataan
38:28ay well
38:29represented
38:29because
38:30they're not
38:31they don't
38:31only have
38:32the numbers
38:32but they're
38:33the future
38:33of the
38:33country
38:34then
38:35by all
38:35means
38:35of course
38:36we should
38:36sustain it
38:37and even
38:37enrich it.
38:39But
38:39there are
38:40you know
38:41just like
38:42in trade
38:43or in
38:44products
38:45there's
38:46always
38:46logistical
38:46issues
38:47and the
38:48logistical
38:49issue
38:49is
38:50ang madalas
38:51naman
38:52na nahahalal
38:52hindi lang
38:54sa Sangguniang Kabataan
38:55kahit sa
38:55ibang
38:56level
38:57ng
38:57pag-gobyerno
38:59ay yung
39:00tinatawang
39:01nating
39:01may pangalan
39:03o kwalifikado
39:04at kadalasan
39:04nito
39:05lalong-lalong
39:05sa Kabataan
39:06ito yung
39:07mga
39:07nag-aaral
39:08at ito
39:09yung mga
39:09anak
39:10ng mga
39:10matataas
39:11ding tao
39:12sa kanilang
39:12mga
39:12komunidad
39:14at
39:14lalong-lalong
39:16na doon
39:16sa mga
39:16nag-aaral
39:17at lalong-lalong
39:17na sa mga
39:18probinsya
39:18madalas
39:19sa mga
39:19nahahalal
39:20eh wala
39:21naman palagi
39:21doon
39:22sa
39:22komunidad
39:22nila
39:22dahil
39:23nag-aaral
39:23yan
39:23madalas
39:24kung hindi
39:24man doon
39:25sa sentro
39:25ng
39:26probinsya
39:26eh
39:27nasa
39:27Maynila
39:27so
39:28essentially
39:29it defeats
39:30the purpose
39:31of
39:31representation
39:32because
39:33the
39:34supposed
39:35representation
39:35is
39:37not
39:38in the
39:38place
39:39where
39:39the
39:39representation
39:40should
39:40take
39:41place
39:41so
39:42that's
39:43that's
39:43one
39:43that's
39:44to my
39:44mind
39:44that's
39:45the
39:45number
39:45one
39:45factor
39:45second
39:46you have
39:47to revisit
39:47the
39:47function
39:48of
39:48the
39:48sangguniang
39:49kabataan
39:49what
39:50what is
39:50it
39:50exactly
39:51that
39:52is
39:52that
39:54that
39:54it
39:54is
39:55expected
39:55to
39:55do
39:57if
39:57we
39:58will
39:58was
39:59this
40:01focus
40:02and
40:02really
40:03ensure
40:03that
40:04the
40:04role
40:04of
40:05the
40:05sangguniang
40:05kabataan
40:06is to
40:06enjoy
40:07the
40:07participation
40:08of
40:08the
40:09youth
40:09in
40:09barangay
40:10activities
40:11then
40:12by all
40:13means
40:13again
40:13let's
40:14do
40:14that
40:14but
40:15what's
40:16happening
40:18often
40:18is
40:19this
40:20particular
40:21function
40:21is
40:22not
40:22even
40:23followed
40:23because
40:24whether
40:25we like
40:25it
40:25or
40:26not
40:26parang
40:27lumalabas
40:28dalawa
40:29yung
40:29barangay
40:30officials
40:30meron
40:31kang
40:31SK
40:31meron
40:32kang
40:32regular
40:33barangay
40:33so
40:34hindi
40:35naman
40:35palaging
40:37magkasunduyan
40:38so
40:38hindi
40:39nasusunod
40:40yung
40:41function
40:42na
40:42supposedly
40:43ma-enjoy
40:44mo yung
40:44mga
40:44kabataan
40:45so
40:46dapat
40:46ma-resolve
40:47ba
40:47yung
40:47issue
40:48na yan
40:48siguro
40:48pag
40:48ma-resolve
40:49ba
40:49yun
40:50there's
40:50every
40:51reason
40:51for
40:51you
40:51to
40:51continue
40:52so
40:53it's
40:53not
40:53just
40:54it's
40:55not
40:55just
40:56it's
40:56not
40:56a
40:56zero
40:57sum
40:57game
40:59ho
41:00so
41:02maganda
41:02yung
41:03idea
41:03na
41:04merong
41:05representation
41:06yung mga
41:06kabataan
41:07pero
41:08katulad
41:08ng mga
41:09paghimay
41:09ng mga
41:10batas
41:10na
41:10napagusapan
41:11natin
41:11earlier
41:12kailangan
41:12itong
41:13masusing
41:14pag-aaral
41:15at
41:15ang tanong
41:16yung bang
41:17gumagawa
41:17ng mga
41:18batas
41:18natin
41:18magiging
41:19masusi
41:20sa
41:20pagtingin
41:21nito
41:22okay
41:23well
41:23you just
41:23cited
41:24several
41:24reasons
41:25why
41:26it's
41:27not
41:27really
41:27that
41:27effective
41:28there's
41:29also
41:30a big
41:30problem
41:30here
41:31kasi
41:31nga
41:31pag
41:32sinabing
41:33kabataan
41:34under
41:34the law
41:35that
41:35created
41:36the
41:36sangguniang
41:37kabataan
41:37you're
41:38talking
41:38about
41:38youths
41:40age
41:4018
41:41to
41:4124
41:42tama
41:42po
41:42ba
41:44kasi
41:44pag
41:45pinospon
41:45yung
41:46yung
41:47election
41:49itong
41:51sangguniang
41:52kabataan
41:52members
41:53it's
41:54very easy
41:54for them
41:55to become
41:55overage
41:57kasi
41:58maaring
42:00mga
42:01estudyante
42:01yung
42:01marami
42:02dyan
42:02so
42:02kahit
42:03mahalal
42:04ka
42:04ng
42:05age
42:0522
42:05by the
42:07time
42:07of the
42:08next
42:08election
42:08matanda
42:09for this
42:11particular
42:12branch
42:13of
42:13the
42:14government
42:14this
42:15level
42:15of
42:15government
42:15so
42:19paano
42:19kung
42:21overage
42:21ka
42:21na
42:21hindi
42:22ka
42:22naman
42:22madidisqualify
42:23dahil
42:23under the
42:24law
42:24you're
42:24extended
42:25so you're
42:26an
42:26overage
42:26SK
42:27member
42:28ganun
42:28ba
42:29palaging
42:30ganyan
42:30ang
42:30nangyayari
42:32wala
42:32kasi
42:32nakalagay
42:33sa batas
42:34na kapag
42:34lumampas
42:35ka na
42:36sa edad
42:36na yun
42:36automatic
42:40matatanggal
42:41ka na
42:41sa
42:41pwesto
42:42at the end
42:43of the day
42:43ang tinitingnan
42:44ng batas
42:44kung ikaw
42:45ay
42:46nahalal
42:46nung halalan
42:47kung meron
42:48kang mandato
42:49naandong
42:50ka pa din
42:50hanggang
42:51hindi pa
42:51dumadating
42:52yung kapalit
42:52mo
42:52na magkakaroon
42:53ng bagong
42:54mandato
42:54first
42:55I want
42:55to ask
42:56you
42:56for your
42:57bet
42:57so tingin
42:57nyo ba
42:58matutuloy
42:59yung
42:59November
42:592026
43:00election
43:01or
43:01mapopostpone
43:02to
43:03November
43:032028
43:05or
43:06yung
43:06the
43:07other
43:08possibility
43:09that you
43:10presented
43:11was
43:11mapopostpone
43:13alat
43:13to
43:14another
43:15date
43:15after
43:162028
43:17so
43:17what do you
43:18think is
43:18the most
43:19likely
43:20scenario
43:21you know
43:22if
43:23I will
43:23hold on
43:24and
43:25emphasize
43:25the
43:25activist
43:26track
43:27record
43:28of the
43:28supreme
43:28court
43:29recently
43:29I will
43:31bet
43:32more
43:32on the
43:32possibility
43:33that
43:33it will
43:35act
43:35with
43:36dispatch
43:36and
43:37declare
43:38this
43:38action
43:39of the
43:39government
43:40unconstitutional
43:41and therefore
43:41the
43:42November
43:422026
43:43elections
43:43can still
43:44happen
43:44now
43:45if that
43:46does not
43:47happen
43:47in
43:48other words
43:50the
43:51government
43:52gets
43:53its
43:54wish
43:55not to
43:55postpone
43:56it to
43:562028
43:57I'm
43:58what I'm
43:59sure
43:59is that
44:00that
44:00will also
44:01be
44:01postponed
44:01so
44:04in other
44:04words
44:05the
44:06extension
44:06will not
44:07just be
44:07two
44:07years
44:08most
44:08likely
44:09the
44:10elections
44:10will be
44:11at the
44:11earliest
44:12will be
44:122029
44:13because
44:14I'm
44:14quite
44:15certain
44:16they're
44:17not going
44:17to have
44:18the
44:18elections
44:19in the
44:20same
44:20year
44:21that the
44:21national
44:21elections
44:23will
44:24happen
44:24Prof
44:25we want
44:25to thank
44:26you for
44:26your
44:26hot
44:27takes
44:27and for
44:28sharing
44:28your
44:28deep
44:29knowledge
44:29and
44:30insights
44:31Professor
44:32Edmund
44:32Tayaw
44:33is
44:33a political
44:34scientist
44:34a political
44:35science
44:35professor
44:36specializing
44:36in local
44:37governments
44:37at the
44:38San Veda
44:38University
44:39Graduate
44:40School
44:40of Law
44:41Thank you so much
44:45Thank you
44:46podmates
44:46for listening
44:47and watching
44:47until the
44:48very end
44:49of this
44:49podcast
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