Joint barangay, SK, Con-Con polls proposed by Comelec chairman

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista is proposing that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls be pushed back and held together with the election of members of a proposed Constitutional Convention (Con-Con). “If we will also have an election to select Con-Con members, and we have this barangay and SK elections, maybe it would be better if they will just be held together at the same time,” he said in a radio interview Tuesday. Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Andres Bautista (MB FILE/JOHN JEROME GANZON) Earlier, incoming President Rodrigo Duterte revealed his plan to call for a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution, including as shift to a federal system of government. He said, however, that he is not favor of postponing the barangay and SK polls set for October. Chairman Bautista said lawmakers will have to decide whether or not to postpone the October polls. [...]