By Liza Soriano
Senator Imee Marcos has filed a bill which seeks to extend the term of barangay officials to six years, saying that three years for a term is “too short.”
According to Senate Bill 2629, all elected barangay officials shall have six years to serve from current three years.
Officials shall not serve for more than two consecutive terms in the same position.
“The present term of three years is far too short for these officials to see their own projects through, since they spend the greater portion of their terms implementing the policies and projects of the National Government and as well as those of the city, municipal, or provincial government units,” Marcos said in her explanatory note.
“An equally important reason to fix longer terms of office for barangay officials is to enable the national government to save billions of pesos,” she added.
(el Amigo/MNM)
