tuloy-na-tuloy na nga ang eleksyon

ayon sa report ni Lina Fernandez ng Inquirer ay matutuloy parin ang nakatakdang eleksyon sa darating na October 25, 2010 para sa Barangay at SK, ayon din sa kagustuhan ng Malacanang, kahit na madami ng napasang bills at resolutions sa kongreso para mapostpone ang nasabing eleksyon.

at ito yung article:

Aquino, House allies kill bills to postpone barangay, SK polls

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez INQUIRER.netFirst Posted 16:19:00 08/25/2010(UPDATE) The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and barangay elections will proceed as scheduled in October this year, like what Malacañang wants, after the House of Representatives “archived” all bills and resolutions calling for its postponement.

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and barangay elections will proceed as scheduled in October this year, like what Malaca? wants, after the House of Representatives “archived” all bills and resolutions calling for its postponement.

Allies of President Benigno Aquino III in the House virtually killed the proposals on Wednesday’s hearing of the committee on suffrage and electoral reforms when they voted, 22-15, on a motion to “lay on the table” the 29 bills and resolutions, which in effect would indefinitely suspend deliberations on the measures.

The move came a day after House and Senate leaders met with Aquino to discuss proposed measures to put off the barangay and SK polls.

Minority leader and Albay Representative Edcel Lagman questioned why the minority bloc was left out of the meeting that supposedly tackled legislative matters.

Lagman said that the majority bloc appears bent on “killing the bills” because the President wants the elections to push through

“Treason has been committed against this House because we have not only temporized but we have desisted from performing our function of enacting laws . . . just because the President said that he does not want these bills to be tackled and the elections postponed. These bills are virtually barren and there is no resurrection for these bills,” Lagman said in an interview after the hearing.

Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez said the public has been taken for a ride when they were made to believe that Congress is supportive of the postponement.

On Monday’s hearing, Rodriguez had a pending motion for the committee to vote on a consolidated bill postponing the barangay and SK elections. He raised objections when on Wednesday’s hearing, the motion of Valenzuela Representative Magtanggol Gunigundo to lay the bills on the table was voted on first.

Cavite Representative Jesus Crispin Remulla also objected to the motion, saying it was the duty of the committee to tackle bills and not to archive them.

Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr., the chairman of the committee, denied they followed the orders of the President.

“It’s not that. What we are saying is all our efforts will be useless if the House, the Senate and the President do not agree on something,” he told reporters.

Deputy majority leader and Iloilo Representative Janet Garin said it was not realistic to pass a law postponing the polls.

“First, we don’t have the luxury of time, second, the House and the Senate have yet to agree on the date of the next elections – is it 2011, 2012, 2013?” she said.

“At the end of the day, it is like making the people expect that the elections will be postponed when in fact it will push through?” Garin added.