MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday urged barangay officials “to shun politics at all costs” and for politicians to keep the villages “apolitical.”
“Let us maintain the non-partisan nature of the barangays. Barangays must shun politics at all costs,” Drilon said in a statement.
He was reacting to the reported survey conducted by a barangay chairman in Bulacan province on Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s possible presidential bid.
According to Drilon, village officials are prohibited from engaging in partisan political activities as stated under the Omnibus Election Code and Section 93 of the Local Government Code.
He said “only the Presiden…
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