Hold barangay assemblies today - DILG

MANILA, Philippines - Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo warned barangay officials of administrative sanctions if they fail to conduct their barangay assemblies today.

Robredo said Proclamation No. 342 and the Local Government Code require the conduct of a barangay assembly every last Saturday of March and third Saturday of October.

Partial reports from the DILG’s National Barangay Operations Office show that 26,707 or 67.55 percent of the 39,535 barangays in the country (excluding those in the ARMM) conducted their assemblies during the rescheduled assembly last Dec. 11.