WHEREAS,
during the referendum of February 27, 1975, the youth throughout the
land has cogently displayed their zeal and capability to, as they did
actually, participate in the ventilation of vital issues, both local
and national, affecting their welfare and the future of this
country; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it has been noted that the present setup of the barangays
under enabling Acts and/or Decrees, has proved, to a great extent,
inadequate to assign to the youth of each and every barangay a definite
role as well as afford them a medium to effectively express their views
and opinions on issues of transcendental significance;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, such barangay youth, if afforded each and every opportunity
for expression, would tremendously contribute toward an expeditious and
clear ascertainment of the actual, genuine, legitimate and valid
expression of the will of the people; and
WHEREAS, it would only be by giving them a definite role and affording
them ample opportunity to express their views that a complete
cross-section of the will of the populace could be accurately
determined thereby providing a more democratic and popular basis for
legislation and/or other governmental operations;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, de hereby
decree as part of the law of the land, the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. There shall be in every barangay
throughout the land a barangay youth organization to be known as
"Kabataang Barangay" composed of all residents therein who are less
than eighteen years of age.
Section 2. The affairs of said barangay youth
organization shall be administered by a barangay youth chairman
together with six (6) barangay youth leaders, all of whom shall be at
least fifteen years of age or over but less than eighteen and actual
residents of the particular barangay. They shall be chosen by the
barangay youth assembly from among its members at a meeting called for
the purpose.
Section 3. The barangay youth chairman shall be an
ex-officio member of the barangay council of the particular barangay
and, in such capacity, shall be the chairman of the Committee on Sports
and Recreation activities of the barangay council. As an ex-officio
member of the barangay council, he shall exercise the same powers and
discharge the same functions as a regular barangay councilman.
Section 4. The barangay youth assembly shall be
composed of the residents of the barangay who are at least fifteen
years of age or over but less than eighteen and who are registered in
the barangay list contemplated by Section Four of Presidential Decree
Numbered Two Hundred and Ten dated June eight, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 5. The barangay captain of the particular
barangay shall have general supervision over the affairs of the
barangay youth organization (Kabataang Barangay).
Section 6. The Secretary of Local Government and
Community Development shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
may deemed necessary to effectively implement the provisions of this
Decree.
Section 7. All provisions of laws, orders, and
decrees as well as rules and regulations inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.
Section 8. Nothing in this Decree, however, shall be
construed as depriving the barangay youth of any and all rights, duties
and responsibilities, vested or imposed upon them, under existing laws.
Section 9. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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