Marcos declares barangay, SK polls non-working holiday

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections as non-working day in the Philippines to allow Filipinos to cast their votes on Oct. 30, 2023, Malacañang announced Wednesday.

The President, through Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, signed on Monday, October 9, Proclamation 359, declaring Monday, October 30, as a special (non-working) day throughout the country.

«It is imperative that the people be given the full opportunity to participate in the said elections and exercise their right of suffrage,» Marcos said in his proclamation.

The Supreme Court has greenlighted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to push through with the conduct of the barangay and SK polls scheduled on Oct. 30, 2023, as previously provided for under Republic Act 11935.