Barangay polls: The cost debate

The Manila Times 25 Aug Philippines

OUR barangay (village) elections got another jolt. First, it was oil prices from the Middle East war. Now it’s a Senate bill resetting the polls to 2028 and stretching barangay terms to five years over the objection of election watchdogs, including the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia has warned that billions alread

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