Section 1.
Section 1 of Executive
Order No. 270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section
1.
Election of local officials.- There shall be elections for provincial
governors,
provincial vice-governors, city and municipal mayors, city and
municipal
vice-mayors, and members of each Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang
Panlungsod, and Sangguniang Bayan, including all members of the city or
municipal boards or councils in the Metropolitan Manila area to be held
on Monday, January 18, 1988. Certificates of candidacy for the
aforesaid
local elective positions shall he filed not later than sixty (60)
days prior to the said elections. All local officials, whether elected,
acting or officers-in-charge, shall be deemed automatically resigned
from
their positions effective upon the filing of their certificates of
candidacy
for any local position which shall not be later than forty-five (45)
days
prior to the said elections. If the governor or the city or
municipal
mayor or the officer-in-charge of that office is a candidate, and
unless
the Secretary of Local Government designates another person, the
following
local officials shall act as officer-in-charge of the position vacated
in a concurrent capacity in the order hereinbelow provided:
"a.
Chief, Senior and Local Government Officers for provinces, cities and
municipalities,
respectively;
"b.
Provincial/City/Municipal Administrator;
"c.
Provincial/City/Municipal Health Officer.
"In
case
of
vacancies in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, or
Sangguniang
Bayan on account of the candidacies of their members, the Secretary of
Local Government shall designate acting members from qualified voters
in
the province, city or municipality to fill such vacancies."
Sec. 2. Metro
Manila Area. - For purposes of the Local Elections on January 18,
1988,
the City of Manila, Quezon City and the City of Caloocan shall have six
(6) councilors for each of their representative districts who shall be
residents thereof to be elected by the qualified voters therein. The
City
of Pasay and the Municipalities of Makati, Parañaque, Pasig,
Marikina,
and Valenzuela, each of which comprises a representative
district,
shall have twelve (12) councilors each to be elected at large by the
qualified
voters of the said city or municipality. All the other
municipalities
within the Metropolitan Manila area shall have ten
(10)
councilors each, with the exception of the Municipality of Pateros
which
shall have eight (8) councilors, to be elected at large by their
respective
qualified voters.
Sec. 3. Other
Cities. - The provision of any law to the contrary
notwithstanding,
the City of Cebu, City of Davao, and any other city with more than one
representative district shall have eight (8) councilors for each
district
who shall be residents thereof to be elected by the qualified voters
therein,
provided that the Cities of Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Bacolod, Iloilo
and other cities comprising a representative district shall have twelve
(12) councilors each and all other cities shall have ten (10)
councilors
each to be elected at large by the qualified voters of the said
cities:
Provided, That in no case shall the present number of
councilors
according to their charters be reduced.
Sec. 4.
Provinces and Municipalities. - First and second class
provinces
shall each have ten (10) elective members; third and fourth class
provinces,
eight; and fifth and sixth class provinces, six to be elected at large
by the qualified voters therein.
All other municipalities
shall have the same number of elective members as provided in existing
laws.
Sec. 5. Term.
- Local officials duly elected shall assume office at noon on the
second
day of February 1988 and shall serve until noon of June 30, 1992.
If no candidate
has been elected and qualified to assume office on the aforementioned
date
and time, the officer-in-charge shall continue to hold office until the
duly elected officer has qualified.
Sec. 6. Section
2 of Executive
Order No. 270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
2. Election
and Campaign Periods. - The election period shall be from November
19, 1987 to February 17, 1988 and the campaign period shall be
forty-five
(45) days commencing on December 1, 1987 and ending on January 17,
1988: Provided, however, That the holding of public meetings,
caucuses,
distribution and use of campaign propaganda, and all other forms of
campaigning
are prohibited on December 25 and December 30, 1987, as well as on
January
1, 1988."
Sec. 7. Section
4 of Executive
Order No. 270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
4. Special
Registration of Voters. - There shall be special registration on
Saturday,
November 28, 1987 for voters who will reach the age of eighteen (18) on
January 18, 1988 or those who failed to register in the general
registration
of voters last December 1986 or in the special registration before the
elections for Members of Congress on May 11, 1987: Provided, That the
Commission
may order a general re-registration of all voters on such dates it may
set in certain provinces, cities or municipalities, where it deems it
necessary
to eliminate rampant illegal registration of voters and thereby ensure
the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections."
Sec. 8. Section
6 of Executive
Order No. 270 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
6. Appropriations.
- The amount of two hundred twenty million (P220,000,000) pesos,
or
so much thereof as may be necessary for the holding of the local
elections,
is hereby set aside out of the annual budget and savings of the
Commission
on Elections, which shall be released automatically by the Department
of
Budget and Management upon request of the Chairman of the Commission on
Elections, based on the approved special budget. In case of
deficiencies,
the funds herein provided shall be augmented from the contingent fund
or
any other applicable appropriations authorized in the current General
Appropriations
Act, which shall likewise be released automatically upon similar
request
of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections."
Sec. 9. Separability
Clause. - If for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of
this
Act shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or
provisions
hereof which are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full
force
and effect.
Sec. 10. Effectivity
Clause. - This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved:November
6, 1987. |