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Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the Philippines were held on October 30, 2023. The elected barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials already and legally began their terms earlier at noon on January 1, 2023, and thus took office as soon as they were proclaimed to have won their respective positions. [1]
The slogan "Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan" (Filipino for "For the nation's progress, discipline is needed") [1] [2] was a political catchphrase created by the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos after his declaration of martial law, as a justification for his authoritarian rule and in an effort to promote the "new society". [3]
The SK chairman leads the Sangguniang Kabataan. A Local Youth Development Council composed of representatives of different local youth groups supports the SK and its programs. [4] The Sangguniang Kabataan is the successor of the Kabataang Barangay (KB; lit. ' village youth ') which was abolished by the Local Government Code of 1991. The author ...
The youth also elect among themselves the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman, who is the eighth member of the Sangguniang Barangay, and all 7 members of the Sangguniang Kabataan at-large. Both barangay and SK chairmen are elected via the first-past-the-post system, while the legislatures are elected via multiple non-transferable vote.
Kabataan, also known as the Kabataan Partylist (KPL, lit. ' Youth Partylist ' ) and formerly known as Ang Nagkakaisang Kabataan Para sa Sambayanan ( ANAK ng BAYAN , lit. ' The United Youth for the People ' ), is a partylist in the Philippines affiliated with the leftist political coalition Makabayan .
The chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan (barangay’s youth council) who is elected by voters aged 15 to 30 years old, is the ex officio eighth member. Some barangays with a population of indigenous people have an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) as the ex officio ninth member albeit elected separately.
Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held on October 29, 2007, based on the newly amended Republic Act No. 9340, approved on September 22, 2005, by the 13th Congress of the Philippines which prescribed that Barangay and SK elections would occur on the last Monday of October 2007 and in subsequent elections after three years.
Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK) any citizen of the Philippines residing in the said barangay for at least six (6) months who attains the age of fifteen (15) years old, but not more than thirty (30) at the time of the election and who registers as member of the Katipunan ng Kabataan.