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G.R. Nos. 127116 & 128039|April 8, 1997| En Banc|PANGANIBAN| Rule 65 | Qualifications| fgdlj
FACTS:
Alex David, as Chairman of Brgy 77 Zone 7, Caloocan, and as president of Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas filed a
petition for prohibition w/ SC to prohibit the holding of the May 1997 barangay elections.
Liga ng mga Barangay ng QC filed a certiorari petition to declare unconstitutionality of
o 1. Section 43(c) of R.A. 7160: (c) The term of office of barangay officials and members of the sangguniang
kabataan shall be for three (3) years, which shall begin after the regular election of barangay officials on the
second Monday of May 1994.
o 2. COMELEC Resolution Nos. 2880 and 2887 fixing the date of the holding of the barangay elections on May 12,
1997 and other activities related thereto;
o 3. The budgetary appropriation of P400 million contained in GAA 1997.
(A) THERE SHALL BE IN EACH BARANGAY A PUNONG BARANGAY, SEVEN (7) SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY MEMBERS, THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN CHAIRMAN, A BARANGAY SECRETARY, AND A BARANGAY TREASURER.
2 SECTION 390. COMPOSITION. - THE SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE BARANGAY, SHALL BE COMPOSED OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY AS PRESIDING OFFICER, AND THE SEVEN (7) REGULAR
SANGGUNIANG BARANGAY MEMBERS ELECTED AT LARGE AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN CHAIRMAN, AS MEMBERS.
3 SECTION 41. MANNER OF ELECTION. - (A) THE GOVERNOR, VICE-GOVERNOR, CITY MAYOR, CITY VICE-MAYOR, MUNICIPAL MAYOR, MUNICIPAL VICE-MAYOR, AND PUNONG BARANGAY SHALL BE ELECTED AT LARGE IN
THEIR RESPECTIVE UNITS BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS THEREIN. HOWEVER, THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN CHAIRMAN FOR EACH BARANGAY SHALL BE ELECTED BY THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE KATIPUNAN NG
KABATAAN, AS PROVIDED IN THIS CODE.