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~ii NOV 2 1 2007 r.J. U&-'CI-z::=J' ~~ AASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFCRMATh)'

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES & COMMUNICATIONS TECH~OI.OGY AND

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL d~~QPeRATIOHS . -A. Francisco Gold Condominillm II ED SA cor. Mapagmahal St. ".-,")- II~/- '" 17

Diliman, Quezon City

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November 19,2007

MEMORANDUM CIRCULARNo. _.?922:-_~~O

ALL PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, CITY/MUNICIPAL MAYORS,PUNONG BARANGAYS, SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN FEDERATIONPRESIDENTS, DILG REGIONAL DIRECTORS/FIELD OFFICERS ANDOTHERS CONCERNED

TO

SU8jECT CONDUCT OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN FEDERATIONELECTIONS AT All lEVELS

IINTRODUCTION

Chapter 9, Book III of the Local Government Code of 1991 states that there shallbe an organization of all the Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan at all levels,which shall elect from among themselves the president, vice president and otherofficers as may be necessary.

likev.Jise, Article XIV of the 2001 Katipunan ng Kabataan and SanggunjangKabataan Constitution and By-laws directs all SK units throughout the country to besequentially federated in every political unit, starting from the municipal and city to theprovincia.l, metropolitan and national levels.

/J.,dministrative Order No. 267, dated February 18, 1 992. provides for thedelegation of the exercise of general supervision of the President over localgovernment units to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and LocalGovernment (DILG).

In consultation with the SK National Federation .and the National Youth(ommjssion. and in consonance with the 2001 KK and SK Constitution and By-laws. thedates of the Synchronized Federation Elections are as follows:

c:#" December 6, 2007G" December 17,2007,.G" january 17, 2008

Municipal/CC/ICC/HUC FederationsProvincial/~1etropolitan FederationsNational Federation

IICALENDAR of ACTIVIT'ES

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Represerltatives of the National Youth Comrnission (NYC) shall act as officialobservers during the actlJal conduct of the federation elections at the local level.

IIIDUTIES and AUTHORITY of the BES at all Levels

In addition to the provisions of Section 3. Article I of DILG MC No. 2002-123, callupon the Philippine National Police (PNP), if the situation warrants, for assistance toE:nsure the smooth conduct of the Federation Elections. .

DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2002-123, dated August S, 2002 re:Implementing Rules and Guidelines for the Conduct of the Sangguniang KabataanPederasyon Ejections at all Levels shall be observed in the conduct of the federationelection at all levels. (copy attached).

The payment of registration fee of participants is authorized chargeable againsttheir respective SK funds, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and

regulations.

All DILG Field Officers are hereby enjoined to disseminate this memorandumcircular in their respective area of jurisdiction and extend technical assistance to theoutgQing SK Federation Officials as may be necessary and appropriate.

For the information and guidance of all concerned.

~~~~~o /Secretary fY

REPUBLIC OF 111E PHILIPPINES[lEPIU{:rME~T OF THE INTERIOR AND LpCAL GOVERNMENT

A. Francisco Gold Condom:nium II, ED SA cor. Mapagmahal St.,Dillman, Quezon City'

lUlgc.i8t 5, 2002MI E~IItOR~INIDUMCIRCUL~J~ riJo. :;::(:iO;~..,.123

J~i.l PllOV][NCIAL GOVERN\ORS, CITY /MUNICIPAL MAYORS,~;,t\!NIGGUNI./1\11« MEMBERS A'r ALL I.EVEIS, PROVINCIAL/CITY/1-1 iUlN][CI~;J~I~ TREASURERS, DII.Gj jREGIOI~AL DIRECTORS AND FIELDOI=FICERS; SANGGUNIANG J<AB.A:fAAN CHAIRMEN AND PEDERASYON()I:FXCIAI~S; "LND J~LL QTHERS C:ONCER'fED

11~lPILEMI:N'U'ING RULES AND GUU>ELINES fOlK THE CONDUCT OF THE~;,H,INGGU NIAI~G KABJ~TAAN PE:[)'ERASYON ELEcrIONS AT ALL LEVELS

In line Wi th the g~~neral supervisory autholity of the DILG over local government unlt5,as deleg(11:I~d unto ttle Secretary under.Administrative Orcjer No. 267, dated February18, 199~:, ol~ the Offi(:e of the Presidelnt, and considering .that the SangguniangKabataan Pederas'lon c3t all levels were cl-eated under the pertinent provisions of theLocal GcJ\ferrlment '::ode of .1991, and I:herefore; within the framework of theorganizational strIJj:t~Jre' of the Government, these Ele(tion Guidelines are herebyissued, r~~it:eratlng the pro-visions of Artide X[\', Sections '1 to 7, of the 2001 Katlpunanng Kabat,~,111 and ~)arlg!~uniang Kabataan C:on~>titution and By-laws in order to ensure aclean, ol"(jerly, p,=ace1=ul, honest and .non.paltisan elections of the SanggunlangKabataan ':'ederaS)'on elections at aJllevels.i .

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S'ec.. 1. t)/yanizatiDln and CoJnposition.. " Pursuant to 436 of the Local GovernmentC()de, arid :3ectiofl 1; Artide XIV of the 40f.1 ~~K and SK Constitution and By-laws, all SKunits thr()I..I~Jhout 1:he country shall be St~luentiaJly federated in every political unit,starting j'rom the lrlunicipal and city to the provincial, metropolitan and rlationallevels.

The Peder'I~.yon org,anized at the municipal 'eve! shall be known as thePalltlayang Pederasyon rig mga Sarl9'gtJniang I<:abataan, otherwise known as theSK Municipal FI~deration, composed of all SK 01airmen of the concernedmll11idpality; ;: ,

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Th = Pedera~iyon organized at the city IE~vel shall be known as the Panfungsod naPetjerasyon n£j mga Sanggunlang 1<Clbataan, otherwise known as the SK CityFejjera-tion, cornposed of all SK Chalrrn(~n of the con(:emed city. For purposes ofre}lr(~sentaticnt the SK Panlungsod na Pederasyon is divided _into three (3) kinds,as f:Jllows:

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a. Con1!=lonent CItY Federation lCC] which Is directly under the jurisdiction ofthE! $iK Provincial Federation;

b. Inc!eJ>endent Component Oti.as [ICC:I and Highly Urbanized City I:HUC]Fetjer,3tion which are directly under the jurisdiction of the NationalFeljeration.

3 -rhe Pederasyon organized at 1:he Provincial level shall be known as1)=lnlajawj!~,arlg PedE~raS'yon ng Inga Sanggunlang K:abataanr composed of all thej:'!(~cted F'res;jdents of the compoln(~l1t municipalities and cities of the provincel:o,rlcerne,J ;

4 -rile Pede ;-asyo/1 organized ~t the rrletropoliton .political subdivision level $haJi be1~I1.()wn as tl1e Pangmetropolitang Pederasj'on ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan,(;0 mposec : oj.= all eJected President; oj= component municipalities and cities of the(;orlcerne,1 rrleu"opolitan political SLlbdivision;

5. -""Ie Pedel"asyon organized. a't 'the national le'V'el shall be known a~i theJ>j3rnbi3nscing Pederasyon ng mfla Sangguniang Kabataan, composed of allt~lel:.ied presjdt~nts of the SK Provincial Federation, ~)K Oty [HUCjICC] Federation,,ll1d the S.i( ~lle.tropoiitan Federation..

:=teL 2, ~;'£'/leddIJe o"r" the' Elc~ction$ an'd' 1i1e l'fjrtegra't-ed Sangguniang KabataanOJ'yan,~~a'tJ;onaJ' l!!?~,ders'hip and JC~e-oj"J1entation P/'t'gram - Basic Orientation.=,emin~i- '1'SK4:'LJ3Ji~-80S]. The Pedercls(on n~J San£I~,uniang Kabataan shall at allle"fels/ elt~ct frolTi arrJong themselves tilE! officers, as determined under Section 14hereof. The sct,ed:uJe of organizational n;ieetings and elections of. officers shall be asfollows:

a. Pal1'J.ln~~:sodl'P:l1Jnbayang PedeJ.a.s~".". ~ Fc)r the conduct -of tile elections, andthe I~;KOLAR"80S seminar, the City DirE~rs (CD) or ""'1uniclpal Local GovernmentOpe~i~tions O'io~rs (ML.GOO) conc(~rned, shall converle for 5 days, [from August 15to 19, 2002], all the duly elected SK Chdirmen at the designated venue within tl1edty/r:~1unldpa:i~, for the conduct of the Pallglungsod/Pambayang PederasyoneleC1:ion of offic(:~r~jJ' and seminar on the I.SKOL~R~BO-S, with the following scheduleof a(j:ivities:

All{;lis~t 1s, ..~O('~~

AU9tt~.t .Jr6-~I:~~ 2002

AU9t~5.tJ!4:~~,Q4!12Au9L~S:t J!9, ~?O~;~2

Arrival a.rI,1 reglfstrab'on of palticipants at thedes/gn8t'eitj venu~'ISKO1AJl.BOS SenrinarElection of officenr at ,the City /Nunicipallev~~1Mass Dati, ltaking .,f elected Pederasyon Officers

The Ci1:y Dire:tor/MLGOO ~)hall notify in writing all SK Chairmen concerned of theabo-vE: attivitil~$, stating briefly the: purpose, the~ place, date and t!me thereof, atleast fi'le (5) Ija~rs before the scheduled undertaking. -rhe City Director/MlGOO shall'initiall)! presid,= c'ver the meeting.

The '::!mpaign pe:riod shall only be durjni~ the aforesaid scheduled date of elections

Pal 1.~a'liJwi9'.inJ!1 .Pedera.syon/ PanjginetropoJ'itang Pederasyon (NCR.) - Afterttle Panlungsod and Pambayang PedE~r;3~;yon presidents have been duly elected, theProlfincial Dirt::d:or (PD) and the DIL(j j~f~ional Director for NCR shall convene forthe ~;K Muni( ipal, City, Pederasyon Pre~;I(jent five days [August 29 to September 2,2002:1 at tht: designated venue ~vithill the provincial capital and within MetroiVlar i :a, resped:ively, for the conduct of 'tt'Je Panlalwigang/PangmetropolitangPed ~ras'yon election of officers, and ~;eminar on the ISKOLAR 80S, with thefollc~\/irlg sch,~dl.lIE~ of activities:

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AU!.'4~r~'it 29;, .2'OlrJZ

AU-"j~15t 30-~1.1" .2002Sep'i"i9nJber 1~ 2002."iept..~rn'ber .~,. 2t702

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Arrival iJn.d regittl'tration (If paltic:ipants at thedesignattf'" venuerSKOLA,fl ,6ros SeminarElection' "f officer.s at the Provincial levelMass Dirt" taking of elected Officers

The (:ampaig(1 p1~rjod shall only be durirlg the afol-esaid scheduled date of elections.

The ;'rovinci,,1 Director/NCR Reglon.~1 Director shall notify In writing all the dulyelec:(~d SK Pr~sidents of the Panglungsod/Pambayang Pederasyon concerned of theabo\(e activities, stating briefly the pUi"pOse, the place, date and time thereof, atleas!; 'nve (5) d(IYs before the schedul(~1 undertaking. The Provincial DlrectorjNCRRegicnal Dire:tol- shalf initially preside ovc~r the 43(:tivities.

Panl.t'allsan~~' JZJe'de/a.syon. - Afte:r tile pederasyon presidents at the provincialand rrlt~tropol: tart political subdivision levc~ls have been elected, the Secretary of theDILC; or his clul\,' authorizetj representati'I/e shall convene for five days [Septeunber12 t:J 16, 201)2j clll tile presidents of= 'the SK PE~erasyon at the provincial, highlyurbar i2:ej citif:~5, independent component cities and metropolitan political subdivisionlevels at the cle~;i9nated venue wi1:tlin Metro Manila, for the conduct of thePam,)cll1$cJng F'ederasyon ng mga S;K electiorl of officers, and seminar on theISKCII.t.\R BOS, ",vith the following scheljuh~ of activities:

Sep,f1~'Jl1ller ,;r2,. .,2'002

.sep;~!sIJnber 13' to 1.4, 2002 -Sepi~i:'/nJ;~r j!~f, 2'002 -Sepi~'31n,b'er .t6:~ .2002 .-.

An1~'a1 and registration of palticipants at theGfe.)~7nated I.'enue15j(l)£AR 80S SeminarE:.lclCl~ion of office/os at the National/eve!Ma5:; Oath ti1king of elected Officers

The l:j3rnpaign pE!riod shall only be during the aforesaid scheduled date of eJections

d. A: lea~l SE:ven (7) days before the ~iCheduled meeting, the DILG Secretary,trir'ough OJ:LG Regional Directors, :5hall notify In writing the said pederasyonp'"esidents) of the purpose and th,e place, date and 'time of the meeting. The0 [!_,G "5ecrE:tary or his representative :shall initiallY preside over the activities.

§e( 3. iioanf t~f £fedion ,Superv~~oni'. - There shall be a Board of ElectionS;upervjSJI~; (BES) at every level to be compt~;ed of the following:

a. ~);i3i1.IU~!~S'(;tdlrpiJnl7batyang ~ed,e~"a~on (C:ityjrvlunicipal Level)1. C:ityf f\1unicipal Local Governmen1: Operations Officer, as chairman:2. C:ityj t-1Lmicipal COt.IJELEC Regiistri3ri and:3. C:ityj r'1Llnicipal SecretalY to the Sangguniang Bayan/Sangguniang

Panlung~)Qd, as members

.~'.:JI1JaJa \IIvJj!1ang IJ'ederasyon' (Provincial L.evel)

... PrOVil)i:iClI Dired:or, as Chairmitn~~. Provil)l:ic:11 Electi'on Supervisor; antj:~. ~)ecret;3ry to thE~ Sangguniang PanJalawigan, as members.

b. ~r:'4lngm':'~':ri!'f.IO1itang Pedera.SYC?J1 I:NCR).

J.. r~CR ltl~~lional Director, DILG a:s Chairmcm~~. r~CR fte~ljonal Director, COr-1EL.EC,; and2:, ':)1:!crecc3ry j;ieneral to MMDA, as members.

c. Jj,;;'n~ban~;ang Pederasyon (Natlon(}1 Level).

1.. '-he D IL(:; !5ecre:tary, as chai rman2.. B<ecutive Director, COMELEC; an(j3. Natio~I(~1 Youth Commission (NYC) Chainnan, as members.

In the i bsE~nce Jf any of the designated c:hairmen. or members of the Board of ElectionSupervj~)cr~; (BE:;] at any level, his duly ,authorized representative shall sit in the Board,j"or ano in' his behalf.

The B(i(~rd shall b;~~ the fInal arbiter in all election contlroversies within its Jeve~. Itsc.iecisiol orJ the mi:itt:er sr~all be final and E:xecutory. TtIE~ BES shall decide all ell2ctioncontro\'ersi1~s wr:hin three (3) days after tt~e Federation elections.

)\lter ttll.:' eIE~ctions, the DILG offices at thl.~ corresponding level shall be furnished copyof the li~;'t of the vvirlners.

~ec. 4, .EI4~dio1J.Comn1ittee. - T1'E~re shall be an Election Committee at everylevel t{) t)E: COrl\I:)OSE~ of a chairman I~nd two (2) members to be elected by thernt=rnber~j of the pederasyon from amon~, themselves. Ttle committee shall conduct theelec.tjor~j..

Sec- 5. P/'I~/iJ:ninaIY' Olpanization'lJr Activities. - The following preliminaryaqi,vi,ties ~;hall bE undertaken during the day of ele(:tjpn, at all ~evels;

a. A tenlpor.ary )rE~sjding officer and a se(:r{~talY shall be lelected by the SK pederasyonmenl:lE~r.s frorn among themselves.

b. The 1:I~mporal")1 presidirlg officer and tl)E! secremry are not eligible to run for anyPOsil:ion. Ths t:emporary presjdin!~ ofin<:er shall cause the roll call of the officialmerrll:ers of the Pedelasyon and sh.all,:letermine the presence of majority of the

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Pedt:l-asyon ITlembers which shall con~ititute quorum to validly undertake thee!ec:ions. B.:cept for una\l'oidable and jlJstifiable circumstances as may be allowedby t11E~ Board of EI,~tiorl Supervisors, onl), those 'Nho are able to complete the whol~acti\ity' from the first day of tl"te or:flanizational meeting shall be allowed topaRcipate during the election proper.

~A.fte. the roll call, and quorum is corlsirit:uted, the temporary presiding officer shallannol,. nce clearl'y the offices to be votej upon and the declaration of procedurespurSL,i3nt to t.1e SI< Constitution and By l.aws, arId such other guidelines as may bedeterrnined b'l tile SKNEB.

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d. The St~:retar)1 ~)hall take down the minut:es of the proc~jngs.

Ther E~ sr~all bl~ an Election Committee at every leve! to be composed of a Chairmanand t~'Vo Mel1ibers to be elected b'y thc~ membel'S of the Pederasyon, from amongthen\:;elves. I\fter all policies and iSSIJes have been clarified, the templ)rary'Pres di,ng Oftl,:er shall proceed with ttle nomination and election of the chairmanand members of the Election CommittE~e.

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As ~.(ic'n as 'jlE: Chairman and Membel'S of the Election Committee have beenejedE~lj, the temp<)rary Presiding Offi(:er shall turn-over the d1alr to the committeewhic/", ~;hall conduct the Pederasyon eI4~(tion proper as follows:

-tole comn1itt:eE! shall accept nornina1jons of candidates from the members of thepe.'deras'Jon

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'-he name of each nominee shall be properly v/ritten at the specified black-!)oard fol"m which the nominees, upI)n proper motion, may correct the spellingof his nal1e together with his rlic.mamei

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E3Ch nom,r,et~ for an office shall b,~ allotted equal time to speak before thep=derasyol1 members strictly on his qualifications, platform and prqgrams;

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Tne electicln shall start from the Pre:;lcjent down to the last officer to be elected.The members of the Pederasyon wijll be voting for one position at a time, and theCC)~lllting or: votes cast shall immediatt:Jy foJ/ow;

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C3nljjdate~ ~'h() lost from a higher position may run again for the next lowerp,)s;ition/s; .5

Voting shall be by6. E'/I~ry PedC;!rasyon member present ::;hall be entitled to vote.s{~cret baIIClt:;

lr! I:ase of a pending election prote~it in any of the proper forum, and no finaldl~::i:5ion h;j:5 been rendered yet, ttle SK Official proclaimed by the Boanj ofElEc:tion Cilnvassers [BEC], In the~ CClse of the barangay I or by the elec.tionO)rnmittee, il1 case of the Pederclsyon, shall be recognized during thePE~lj:t~rasyorl Elections and shall be allowed to vote and be voted upon. In the

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f~\/ent tha': a final dedsi'on has beE~n renderE~d wherein said SK Official Is a losing1)j3r~', his vote to any elected f'ederasyon Officer remains to be valid, but In theE~'/E:nt that he is elected as OfflcE~r" such office stiall be subsequently dec:lared\',icant and a s.pecial ell~ction for thf~ purpose of filling that office shall be calted.] rl 1:he eVt~nt that th,e above-menti,olted SK Official declared loser in an Elt.actionfll'otest I!; t:~lected President of the pederasyon, the Vice-President shallclljtomatic:~II~" assum'e o'ffice of the PrE~sidenc.y, and a special election to fill up thet)()s:itJon 01: the Vice-Pre!;ident shall be eallee:

8. ;~~) so<)O as all the members desirin!~ to vote have cast their Yotes, the Election(:I)rnrTlittei~ shall declare the votin£J ~:Iosed, then pl"()Ceed with tt1e countingof the\ utes publicl~{ usirig tally sheets ar1d boards for the purpose and basis of saidco'untl pr()I:I(~irn and certify the wilnning candidates. The Election Committee

shaJI not po~;tpone or dela~1 the colunting and the proclamation e;(ceptfJr ~<trerne necest;ity; which sho'uld be approved by the majority of ther1embers )ft:he committee;

'The DIL<:i OffIcer concerned shall 1:Cluse the preparation of the forms such as(ljJ?cial bal~ot~;, tally' sheets and cerm'j(otes of prqclamation of elected officers andr, 1C1~' secule, for the use of the pederasyon, the needed ballot box and portable\4o1:ing bocth from tr,Je treasurer for th'~'city ormunidpality where the pederasyonell:~tion is he1d.

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.SeC4 6. Subn1is;'ik'n 01' Election /treslults. Within five [5] days after the SKPederasyon t::led:ioos in ej;}ch level, the rmJnicipal, city,. provincial and regional fieldofficers of the DJl.G shall immediately suibrnlt the official list of elected SK pederasyonofficers duly certfied by t:he Board of Elet:ti'on Committee, and attested by the Board of!:Iection ::;uperviso~i to the DILG at the O~ntral Office, through the National BarangayOperati()I'1.~i OfficI:: [fIJBOOJ, copy furnishej the National 'i"outh Commission [NYC], forreferen<:e j3rld recorl:js purpose.

l'liinutes ol~ the ~;K pedera'syon elections cirld orgarlization at the, municipal, city andprovind,31 levels, as ttle case may be, certijlE~d by thl9 Board of Election Committee andduly attE::~ced by t'rle Boar,d of Election SIJpervisors;, shall be submitted to the DILGCentral Office through the NBOO, cop'V fu,;nish thE~ National Youth Commission [NYC],1'or referE~i1Ce and reoords purposes at theoJlresponding level.

~S'eC_7. J~.issenJi.r1.;~tion ~ - 'The Deparltn1E~nt of tt1e Interior and Local Governmentf{egiona! ijn(j fiellJ officers shall disserninGltt~ ,copies of this Memorandum Circular withint:heir res~Jective jtlrisdictions, for guidance: ,1~ld compliance of all concerned.

AJ;tTICLE II. P'R~E..;ELEc.TIOiN

Sec. 8, PJl1:)hiJ.tJ;tc;~ti' Acti'vibes . - (;3) Effective immediately upon approval of this~1emora:1diJm Ciri:ul;:,r and c3t any time priOJ' to and after the conduct of the Peder&oyonelection!i in all le\lels, it Is <:onsidered unlawful for any elt..=-ctive and' appc;>lntive official,j~1c1udin~11:he SK (:hairmen, to engage in tilE: followingactivitles:

1 To co :11pralgn, direc.tly or indirE:ctl.Y, for and against any candidate and/orinterfE:re with the conduct of the ~;K Ped.~rasyon elections. -

For pIJrp.o~;e of this Circular, "\:0 interfel-e" shall refer to any act, throughthreat or intimidation or any ()f~:er of money or material consideration whichwould, directly or Indirectly, ifi,ftuence or tend to Influence a Pederasyonmemtler to vote for or against a particulai"candidate, not to participate in theSK Peljera~iyon elections or cause him to be disenfranchised, or would disturbt11e sa j(j election proceedings.

In add:ition, if an elective of1ic:lal allows the Immediate members of hisrami )' t:o campaign for or agail1~.t a prospective candidate or In any m~nnerinterfl~r~~ with 'the conduct ot~ ~;uch eJections, 'the elective official concernedmay bE~ administratively chargej for abuse of authority and dereliction ofduty f;ol~' such allowance, pu~.u.3r't to applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Any i3~lpointive official or emp,loyee who YJolates any provision of thisCirCl!lar shall be charged in ac(;ordance with the Civil Service Law, rules andregulations.

:~. With re!~ard to the SK Chairmen or Pecferasyon officials, to campaign beforethe ~;(:heduled date of electlorls" Each nomirlt.~ shall, however,'be altottedequ21 tjme to speak on his .I~ualifjcatlons, platform and programs but onlydurirlg 1:h.l~ scheduled dates OiF f!lection where he could so campaign. .

:3. -ro P(I~it or' distribute campaign material:s which would boost or tend to boostthe candidacy of any Pedel'asyof! official for such elections.

,,~. To rnaf<:e gifts, donations or promises or pledges of any kind, for anyoCca;;tOil, directly or indirectl~l, D) any member of the pederasyon or to anymen't)er of his family within the 'fourth d'~gree of consanguinity or affinity.

~i. To p.ovjde for transportation, fOt)d or drinks, directly or indirectly, to any SKChall'm(~nl Pederasyon officials" l>efore, during or after the election.

Hold, rIg of organizational mE:eting/orientation seminar or other similaractivtie:) for the SK Chalrrrien .and Pederasyon members 'on dates andplacE:s other than t:hose specl1fiE:d therein.

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ThE: foregoirlg,. notvVi1:hstanding, any SK Chainllan who violates any provision ofthis Circular ma'y: be administratively c'narged for grave misconduct pursuant to theLa:,11 (;overnment Code of 1991 and theSK Constitution and By-laws;

B(~::'Jfe the ~~lt~ctJon, the ballots, ballol: l)Oxes, tally sheets and other election formssh,:iIJ be urlder the exclusive custOfjy of the respectJve Board of ElectionSu~..~rvjsors.. at all levels} which sJ1clil be kept in a place safe enough where ItcolJld not b~~ tclrrlpered with. .

.:r;ec. 9. P'/VP~~ i':4~""K ... The Phjlippin,~ National Police (PNP) through the localc:ommancl shall selCLlrE~ the venue of the erl~.tion ancj enSlJre that only duly authol-izedpersonnl?;!,r arid S < (::h,airme~n and/orPedE~f(1syon Presidents are allowed within the ten(10) me1:er radius of the election venue..

~.ec. .1.G~ R't~gj.$:~r4'tion - Upon arrival at the participating SK Chairmen, PederasyonFiresidents;, a:; the c:a~;e may be, on the respective sche,duled date of the activities,registrat,orl of air paltJdpants shall oogJn at the verlue designated !n the notice sent bythe DILC; liJl:<}/ Go\,ernrneflt OperationsOffic:ers concerned.

F'ursuan1: 1:0 5;ectiJn 6 item (2) of the 200:l Katipun.3n ng Kabataan and SanggunlangKabataall CC)llstit:Jti(:)n and By-laws, ~xcept for unavoidable andjjjstifiabj.~ circum:::,tarlo=s as may be a/lowl&1 by the EJoard 01: Election Supervisors, onlythose Vv tlo. are abJe to (:omplete the Y/hole activity 'from the first day of theorganJza:jon,11 me~tirlg shall be allowed to partidpatedurlrlg the election proper.

a. lle1'Ji'.sib'"atiofll Jlr:eeS6 .. Ttle particlpaltin~} SK C:hairmen or Pederawon presidents,as tn,= case 'rla)f be, shall each be efltitll2d to collect the necessar." amount, to betakl~:~1 from tleir respe4:tive ten percenj: 1:1OP/o) share allotted under Section 329 ofthe l.o'c(~1 Go'/ernment Code of 1991, to ,cover 1:he transportation expenses and thecon'E::spondif19 registration fees, as f(tltows:

1. Fo/" the St:: City and Municipal PI~lerasyon participants, an amount of "-line:t-lundre(j I:P~100.00] pesos per pclrticipant per day shall l)e collected asI:-'~gistra::ion fE~e to cover the board and lodging, meals, seminar materials, andother in :iderltal e)cpenses.

:> ':::01' thE! 51< Provincial/Highly Urbanized City Pederasyon participantsj ani3mount of Orle thousand [P 1,000.00] pesos per participant per day shall beI:oliecte(j as registration fee to (:over the board and lodgingj meals, seminarmaterials, ;;ind other il1cidental e:(~lenses.

3. I=or the Pambansang Pederasyol1 ng mga SK participants, an amount of OneThousarl(j T~vo HlJndred [P 1/200..00] pesos per palticipant per day shaH becoliecte{j as registration fee to (:over the board (~nd lodging, lJ1eals, seminarITlat'erials, i.nd other incidental e<penses~

b All (~:<perlses iru::idental to the ISKOLAR ~S seminar and election of Pambayanand l)anllJng~:od na Pederasyon shall !bE~ t:hargeable tc) the 10% SK funds alloccltedundl~r Sectioil ~129 01: the Local Gov,ernment Code: Provided expenses shall notexc(~(~d the reqLlired transportation eKpenses and registration for each SKpart (:Ipant.

The lillJrlicipal, at'!, and Provincial Trt~aslJrers sh,al! set aside the required fund forthe ,:i:,nduct cf the SK Pederasyon E!/ec:tiol1sin their respective levels.

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d. The MLGOOs, Civ/ Directors, Provincial Directors and the NCR Regional Dire.:torshal prepare t:he corresponding desi~ln and budgetary' requirements, and present

th(~ same tCI tt)e respc~j'/e treasure~i of the local government unit con~erned forfUfIIJ.ing.

~ec, .1.l. l~~l).L;UR BOS ORIENTA ~rOJ" SE~'l,NAR. The MLGOO, City Dire(;tors,Piovicial Dir,ector5/ I\J(:J~ Ret:JiorlaJ Director -shall conduct ttle ISKOlJ\R BaS, based on themoduie preJ>ared b~{ Department through 1:he National Barangay Operations Office andthe Natic'nal-"(oulh <::ornmissiorl.

ARnCLE: 1:1[. ELE("TION PROPER

Sec. .t.2~ Slttin.9' AlrrangernenL .. All pedera~yon members must be seatE~d inijiphabeti{~21 order a"t: least one (1) meter apclrt from one another.

Vacant :),::ats to be used by a voter in casting his votes must be made available in thej=ront ro\I\'.. with a (ji~itance of tv/o (2) metE~~; i3way from or-.e another and two (2) metersi3way fr()m the first i'OW wh.~re the rest of ttle Pederasyon rnembers are seated.

-rhe nU!'Tlter of clfore,said vac:ant seats in the P~nglungsod/Pambayang PederasyonE~lection:; :5hall be made available in the follo~,jng: .

representations - Five1. Fcll' munid~I(~litie5/cities with less thi3rt flfty (50) barangay(!5) seclts;

2. FJf munidpalkties/ cities with tift'" (.50) but less than one hundred (100) barangayrt~::!resentatiorJs - Ten (10) seats;

3. Fcr ml.Jnici~ta.lities/ cities with one hundred (lOO) but less than one hundred fifty(:lS;O) barangi:iY representations - Fifteen (1.5) seats;

4. F'Jr munjcipal~ties/cities with one hlJrldred fifty (150) barangay representations orrrlore - Tvllenty (20) seats.

In the f)j3nlalawi'fJi~rl/Pangmetropolitang Ped,arasyon elections theshall be observed:

following sche:dule

ft)r provin:::e~;/$pedal metropolitan isrea with less than ten (10) municipal/cityrE:jJresent:ttior)s - Tllree (3) seats;

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n)r provim:es,/spedal metropolitan are:a with t:en (10) but less than fifteen (15)rr.umdpaljl:ity' r4=presentc~tions - .FWE! 1:5) seats;

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3. .fl), proviru:es/special m(~tropoJit3n alrea with fifteen (15) or more munidpal/dtyrE~J)r~;enta:iorts - Eight (8) seats.

In all ca~E~~), howt~"'er, where such numbe:r of seats cannot possibly be lined up in onerow, the ~;econd :>r ~5ubsequent rows shall be arranged strit.'tly in accordance with thetwo-met~r by t\.vo-mleter requirement, as pro\(ided to," in sub-section (2) of this Section:F'rovided ho\'Yev~~r, that where the area of designated venue is not able to3ccomm'Jd;:ite thE: total number of palticipcnts, the one-meter requirement referred ton the 1il'st parag~lph of this Section Ima~' accor(jingly be reduced by the LGOO

concer riled or his diuiy authorized repreS(~rltitive: Provided, finally that the 2-meter by 2-meter rE~~uirement for the vacant seats :;hall not In any case be dispensed with.'

Sec. :'~.5r. EleCi~JiO.1J of' Officers - (a) On or before eigt~t o'clock ( 8:00) in the morningof the respecti'J8 ~:heduled date of e.Jedjons, 'the MlGOO, City Director, ProvincialDirect()I":~, NCR Ftegional Director and ime Secretary of the Interior and LocalGoverllmen't a s the caSE~ may be, shall convene the registered SK participants andsuper'J i:)E: U\e e! E~ctiorl of the temporary Presiding Officer and the Secretary pursuant toSI==ctiOII:; hereoj:,

A 111ajorit\j of all the duly electE~d .and qlJalifiecl SK Chairmen or Pedel-asyonP-i:sidents shall constitute a quoru:m which shall be 50% plus one of itsrrleri)bt~rsh p.

Nc postpoflement of an.~' nature Shc311 tIe entert:ained, Including any question on thelacl, of qucrurn.

T1E~ presellce of two (2) of the thir(~e (3) members of the BESt shall constitute aqIJOI'"um. t1JWI9Ver, all members of Itt,e BES must provide and designate in advancett!(:ir respe:ti\i'e duly authorized reprE~sentatives in aray and all instances.

.ec. .J'.;I. jVon'~rn,:fi1on. - (a) The memb,ers of tl1e Election Committee at any levelhall b,: E~llgjble to run for any office in tJ1E~ organlza'tional level In which he is to performlis duj:iE~~; excel)t 'III/hen he/she was also elected as presiding Officer or secretary per;ectJor; 5 herec.f: :Provided, however 1 tl1at in munidpalities, cities or provinces whererje 5e'/,;:n (7) rJ1.andatory elective positi,oos provi(jed for under sub-section (b) hereof,annat ::IC comp"~ted because of the Inefl£libllity of some of the Members of the Election'ommjttE~e for rIOlnk/latlon, the duly o:>rlstltuted Boarc1 of Election Supervisors shallhOOSE lorom ar!long themselves a mernt>er to complet:e the composition of the saidlectio 1 Comm ittE~e or act as the Eled:ion Committee itself in case the entirelembt~l:ship of 1:he latter c-.anrlot be constil:uted from among the SK Chairmen members

TllE~ nomir E~e shall be given the ri'gllt to identify and select his/her preferredrE~li~)tered 1ar~nE~ during the nomina'cor, process. Only one name shall be registeredb~f the candid'ate and only his/her n~gistered name shall be written on the ballotarJiJ: be courjted in his favor.

1111:: Election: Committee shall then imlmediately cause the posting of the registerednclme of eac:h Cc1ndidate. .

Ecl(:h nOmilleE~ \JYing for a particulai- position shall be given not more than five (5)millutes to s~}ei~k before the pedercls',/on members to present his qualifications,pl:ltforrn ard program.

A~; s,oon a:; tile: last nominee for a particular position shall have delivered hisS~E~'2Ch, th~= J.'Iederasyon members sh,a/l then proceed to cast their votes for aC2 rldidate f:>r a particular DOsition.

Nci (~bsenti~e nomination/ voting sha::11 be allowed and only duly elected SKchairmen 01' Pt:~derasyon I=>residents lare:;entshall be allowed to part1dpa~ herein.

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A.I)' S~( Ct- clirman or Pederasyon Prt~~jident whose E~lection as such, is underprotE:st shall still be qualified for nomiMtlon and be 'foted for, without prejudice toth4~ fi nal re::uJt of such protest.

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Set of Officials to tie elected For ij1e Pambayan, Panglungsod, PanJalawigan,Par:!~metl.o~loJi't:ai1 Pederasyon to C()~~~_-LDcal--Executive Committee, perSectjon 2 f Artjcle VII of the 2001 I<:atlpunan ng Kabataan and SangguniangKaci3taan (:()n5t~tution and By-lavJ/s.

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llley shall elect from among th.erre)elves ttle following set of officers:1

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

PresidentVice PresidentSecreta ryTreasurerAuditorPROSergeant-at-Arms

The set c'f SK regulclr Officials t<. 'De ele<.."ted for Pambar,sang Pederasyon ngmga, :;K, as provided under ~)E:ction 5, Article VII, of the KK and SKIConstitutil)n and By-laws are th,e following:

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1.2.3.4.S.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.

Pr'=sldentExecutive Vice-presid.entVJce President for I_u~:o nj Visayas, and MindanaoSj;cretc1IY~GeneralDeputy Secretary-(:3ene ra!TreasurerA:5slstant TreasurerAtJditorAssistant AuditorPI~O for Luzon, Visayas, dnd MindanaoS4~rgeant-Clt-ArmsRegional Directors, in rt~presentation of the existing sixteen (16)administrative region~; in the country.

Sec. .l~~ (:.sr~'"tin11 0' Votes. - (a) The rn,trner of election shall be by secret balloting.The DILCi L(;OO in .coordination with the BE~~, shall prepare the ballots, which shall becorlsecu:i'/I:ry nurlbt:~red, arid all other elec:tion paraphernctlia.

T'1f~ Pedelc~5yon members shall cast their vaDes in alphabetical order: Provided,ttl(~t the vcting shall be done by group depending on the number of vacant seatsa'/:lilable, as provided for under Sed:iCln 12, hereof:,

NJ ballot st'ja~1 be colunted In favor of a candidate 'Nhose name Is not his/her d~lyrE:~li~;tered larne during the nominaitK)(l( process.

/J~s soon 3S the vot:ers shall have (:Pst their votes, the Election Committee shall~edj3re t1e voting for a particuli3r J>osition closed, and shall 'proceed with thecolJnting of votes, proclaim and cerijfy th~ winning candidate for such position.

(e) ~.11:er a vI'innler in one position has tleen dec:laredr the Election CommitteE! shallpr()Ceed 'Nit/) the opening of nomincltions 1:or the next position to be voted for,following tht:~ same procedure as herE:inabove provided, and so on and so forth.

(f) The Board 01= Ele<.."tion Supervisor'S shall be the final arbiter in all election: C)l1trovet s;e:) within its level. Its de.:i~;ion shall be final and executory.

(g) ~ft,er the eIE~ct.ion, the official ballot box shall be sealed, and $ha/l be turned over:0 the CLI~i(:ldy of the concerned r-1L.GOO, City Director, Provincial Director, NCR~.egia'nal Dirl~c.tor and 'the SILG, as Chairman of ttle BES.

SeC4 1t~. J.'aneJ' oJlr(JlbseJ'Vers. - (a) A Paine! of Observers, to be selected by thle BESat leaS1: tllree (3) dra)fS before the schedlJ!I~cI date oj: the elections, shall be organized ineach level ()1~ pe{jerasyon elections, which ~)tiialJ be~omposed of:

1.. OnE~ (::l) reprl~:5E:nt:atlve from the reJigioIJ~; sector;

2. OnE~ '-I=preselrtative from the academe;~preferably the school principal. of a privateor ~lltllic educat:lonal institution; arid.

3. "The ~1unicipclj/C:ity Chief of Police or PNP ProvirlcJal Director, as the case may be;

(a) Providecl, :however, that in the~ Pi3mbanscmg Pederasyon elections, one (1)jl"epresell'tal:ive from the National Youth Commission, to be chosen by its,:hairmcin, shall also sit in the Paru~l.

(b) irhere s(lall be assigned seats for the members of the Panel who shall be seatedllve (5) mett~rs away from the Iballot box and from the voting SK Pederasyonmernbe"~i.

(c) Th!~ Parlel oj= Observers shall riot be atlowedtointerfere in the stage of theIJroceedjngs and maintain their non~':partjsanship. The Panel shaJI merelyobserve t:hie c~lection proceeding~;.

AltTICLE IV. F'OST-EI.ECTION

Sec. ;C7- E'e"tJ~J1 Cont~ - a)The Board of Election Supervisors [BES] shallreceivE: (~lectiOil pro'tests, only immediately after each proclamation.

b) 111e protE!~t shall be decided b'V the BES within three [3) days after thef:eo,eratiorl Erections

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Dt~jjsion of the 6ES shall be final ~nd executory.c)

nll~ oftkerj's of the SK Pederasyon at aU levels, wtlOse electiOn Is/are contes~Shildl assunle \j"te function of the offla, to whid1!he/they waS/were eJe£::ted. 'Inth e e~rent ttaat the 55 decides .in filvor of the protestant:; the incumbent' shallrelic1quish t1e position. i,

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ARnCLE V'~ FIfiIAL PROVISIONS

.s'ec. .l8.. JlepeaJ'i'ng Oau.sct. - Any I=lrov~ or provjsions of any administrativecircular (II" issuan{:es which are or may be "'.consistent t*rewith is hereby ~nded,repealed or n1odlfiedaa:ordingly. .

Sec. 19" Separiibi.ity Cause. - If, for any reason or reasons, any part of theprovision oj: this rle1norandum Circular shallj~ held tX) be unconstitutional, or In\t'alid,other pal1: or parts hereof which are not a~~ tI:1erebyshall continue to be In fullforce and effect. .

irnlJ~. Memorandum Orcular shaU take effed:Sec. 20. IEt1'ectivity CIaU$e .irnmediatf~I)' .

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