VILLAGE and youth officials have more than a year to stay in power as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act No. 12232, which postpones the December 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and moves them to the first Monday of November 2026.
Under RA 12232, subsequent regular BSKE will be held every four years thereafter.
The newly signed law also provided that the term of office of all elected barangay and SK officials shall be four years.
No elective barangay official shall serve for more than three consecutive terms in the same position. For the SK, the law stated that no elective SK official shall serve for more than one term in the same position.
Voluntarily renunciation of office does not interrupt an elective official’s full term of service.
The term of office of elected barangay officials and SK members shall commence on the first day of December following their election.
The law also stated that incumbent barangay and SK officials will remain in office until their successors are elected and qualified, unless removed or suspended for cause.
Incumbent barangay officials on their third consecutive term cannot run for the same position in the November 2026 BSKE.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) shall issue the rules to implement the law within 90 days from its effectivity.| – BNN
