Filing of candidacy in
the synchronized Barangay and SK elections set on Sept 14-19
By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
September
11, 2007
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– Those who are interested to run for Barangay or SK positions in
the October 29 Barangay and SK elections, may file their certificate
of candidacy only on September 14 to September 19.
This is contained in
the Comelec Resolution Number 8297 promulgated on September 6, 2007
entitled Guidelines on the Filing of Certificates of Candidacy in
Connection with the October 29, 2007 Synchronized Barangay and SK
Elections.
The certificate
of candidacy shall be filed on any day from September 14 to September 19,
with the Office of the Election Officer of the city or municipality
concerned.
The officials to be
elected in each barangay are the Punong Barangay and seven (7)
Sangguniang Barangay Kagawad.
For the Sangguniang
Kabataan elections, the officials to be elected are one SK Chairman
and seven (7) Sangguniang Kabataan Kagawad.
No person shall be
eligible to run for more than one office, that is Punong Barangay and
Barangay Kagawad. If he files for more than one office, he shall not
be eligible for any one of them.
However, before the
deadline for the filing of certificate of candidacy, the person who
has filed a certificate of candidacy for more than one office may
declare under oath the office for which he desires to be elected and
cancel the certificate of candidacy for the other office.
The candidates for
Punong Barangay and Sangguniang Barangay Kagawad must be a Filipino
citizens, at least 18 years old on election day, able to read and
write Pilipino or any local language or dialect and registered voter
of the barangay where they intend to run for office and resident
thereof for at least one year immediately preceding the day of
election.
On the other hand, the
candidates for Sangguniang Kabataan chairman and Sangguniang Kabataan
Kagawad must be Filipino citizens, at least 15 years old but less than
18 years old on election day, able to read and write Pilipino, English
or the local dialect and qualified voters of the Katipunan ng Kabataan
of the Barangay where they intend to run for office and residents
thereof at least one year immediately preceding the elections.
Disqualified from
running for any elective Barangay or Sangguniang Kabataan positions
are those sentenced by final judgment for an offense involving moral
turpitude or for an offense punishable by one year or more
imprisonment and within two years after service of sentence.
Also disqualified are
those removed from office as a result of an administrative case; those
convicted by final judgment for violating their allegiance to the
Republic; those with dual citizenship; fugitives from justice;
permanent residents in a foreign country; the insane or feeble-minded.
Also disqualified
is any candidate who in an action or protest in which he is the party,
is declared by final decision of a competent court to be guilty of
having, or is found to have committed acts such as given money or
other material consideration to influence or induce voters to vote for
or against a candidate or to abstain from voting or to corrupt
government officials and employees performing election functions;
committed acts of terrorism to enhance his candidacy; spent in his
election campaign an amount in excess of that allowed by law;
solicited, received or made any contribution prohibited under
specified sections of the Omnibus Election Code or violated any
section of the same code.
