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First-time voters line up to register for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San Juan City on Friday, August 1, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

First-time voters line up to register for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San Juan City on Friday, August 1, 2025. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) holds its ongoing nationwide registration drive to accommodate new registrants and those updating their records ahead of the upcoming grassroots polls. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Harlene Delgado

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175508502208820250801-bske-voters-registration-san-juan-MT5 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="First-time voters line up to register for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San Juan City on Friday, August 1, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">First-time voters line up to register for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Pinaglabanan Elementary School in San Juan City on Friday, August 1, 2025. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law a bill effectively postponing the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections – a day before it was supposed to lapse into law. </p><p>Originally set on December 1, 2025, the law mandates the next conduct of the village polls on the first Monday of November next year, or November 2, 2026.</p><p>Republic Act 12232 sets the term of office of barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan from the current three years to four years. </p><p>It stated that no elective barangay official shall serve for more than three (3) consecutive terms in the same position and no elective Sangguniang Kabataan official shall serve for more than one (1) term in the same position.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/bske-voter-s-registration-tops-2-7-million-comelec-thanks-youth-1730">READ: BSKE voter&#x27;s registration tops 2.7 million; Comelec thanks youth</a></div><p>&quot;Voluntary renunciation of office for any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the continuity of service for the full term for which the elective official was elected,&quot; it added. </p><p>The law further mandates that the term of office of barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan elected after the law&#x27;s effectivity shall begin on the first day of December next following their election.</p><p>&quot;All incumbent barangay officials and members of the Sangguniang Kabataan shall remain in office unless sooner removed or suspended for cause until their successors shall have been elected and qualified,&quot; it stated.</p><p>Incumbent elective barangay officials serving their third consecutive term in the same position shall not be eligible to run for the same position in the November 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.</p><p>The Commission on Elections is directed to issue the implementing rules and regulations of the act within 90 days.</p><p>Marcos Jr., while in India, confirmed that he will sign the law postponing the barangay and SK polls for the poll body to prioritize the first BARMM elections.</p><p>The Comelec has previously said that it will seek an additional P4 billion for the barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections if it is postponed to 2026.</p><p>In its latest data, Comelec said over 2.7 million individuals registered nationwide in a span of 10 days for the upcoming BSKE.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/comelec-to-ask-for-additional-p4-b-if-bske-is-postponed-to-2026-1742">READ: Comelec to ask for additional P4-B if BSKE is postponed to 2026</a></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABeaiLXMpXyUU-iG"></script>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law a bill effectively postponing the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections – a day before it was supposed to lapse into law. </p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday signed into law a bill effectively postponing the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections – a day before it was supposed to lapse into law.

Marcos Jr. signs law postponing 2025 Barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan polls

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Marcos Jr. signs law postponing 2025 Barangay, Sangguniang Kabataan polls

Harlene Delgado,

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Published August 13, 2025 07:38 PM PHT

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Updated August 13, 2025 09:57 PM PHT

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