EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 270
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 270 - AMENDING
PROCLAMATION NO. 94 PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF LOCAL ELECTIONS
PURSUANT TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION 1, ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
1987 CONSTITUTION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS,
under Section I, paragraph 2, Article XVIII of the 1987 Constitution,
the first local elections shall be held on a date to be determined by
the President;
WHEREAS, in Proclamation No. 94, dated April 14, 1987, the date of the
first local elections under the 1987 Constitution has been set on
August 24, 1987; and
WHEREAS, after conducting a public hearing and consultations on the
matter, and considering up to the present, the Commission on Elections
is still occupied with the national canvass of the result of the May
11, 1987 elections for Senators and Representatives, leaving less than
one (1) month for the extensive preparation required for said local
elections, involving more than 16,000 local officials, the Commission
on Elections has recommended that said date of the local elections be
reset to November, 1987.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby amend
Proclamation No. 94 and hereby order that:
Section 1. Election of local officials. — There
shall be elections for provincial governors, provincial vice-governors,
city and municipal mayors, city and municipal vice-mayors, and members
of each Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Sangguniang Panlungsod and
Sangguniang Bayan, including all members of the city or municipal
councils in the Metropolitan Manila area, to be held on Monday,
November 9, 1987: Provided, That all local officials, whether elected,
acting or officers-in-charge, shall be deemed automatically resigned
from their positions effective upon the filing of their certificates of
candidacy for any local position which shall not be later than thirty
(30) days prior to said elections. If the governor or the city or
municipal mayor is a candidate but the vice-governor or the city or
municipal vice-mayor is not a candidate in said elections, then the
latter shall become the acting governor or mayor, as the case may be,
until the election and assumption to office of the duly elected
governor or mayor. If both the governor and the vice-governor or both
the mayor and the vice-mayor are candidates, an acting
officer-in-charge to the position vacated shall be designated by the
Department of Local Government from the following local
officials:
(a)
Provincial/City/Municipal Administrator
(b)
Provincial/City/Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator
(c)
Provincial/City/Municipal Secretary in the absence of the Administrator
and Coordinator
Local officials duly elected shall assume office on the first day of
December, 1987.
Sec. 2. Election and Campaign Period. — As
recommended and designated by the Commission on Elections, the election
period shall be from September 10, 1987; and the campaign period shall
be thirty (30) days commencing on October 10, 1987, and ending on
November 8, 1987;
Sec. 3. As an additional prohibited form of
election propaganda, no posters shall be allowed anywhere except in the
COMELEC poster area as provided for in Sec. 91 of the Omnibus
Election Code (Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as amended). Any person found
guilty of violating the above-mentioned prohibition shall suffer the
penalties imposed in Sec. 264 of the Omnibus Election Code.
Sec. 4. Special Registration of Voters. — There
shall be a special registration on Saturday, September 26, 1987, for
voters who will reach the age of eighteen (18) on November 9, 1987, or
those who failed to register in the general registration of voters last
December, 1986 or in the special registration before the elections for
members of Congress on May 11, 1987: Provided, That the Commission may
order a general re-registration of all voters on such dates it may set
in certain provinces, cities or municipalities, where it deems it
necessary to eliminate rampant illegal registration of voters and
thereby ensure the holding of free, orderly, honest, peaceful and
credible elections.
Sec. 5. Law to govern the conduct of elections. —
The conduct of local elections shall be governed by the applicable
provisions of the Omnibus Elections Code of 1985, as amended by
Executive Order Nos. 50, 94, 134, 144, and 162, unless otherwise
further amended hereafter.
Sec. 6. Appropriations. — The amount of TWO
HUNDRED MILLION PESOS (P200,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may be
necessary for the holding of the local elections, is hereby set aside
out of the annual budget and savings of the Commission on Elections,
which shall be released automatically by the Department of Budget and
Management upon request of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections,
based on the approved special budget. In case of deficiencies, the
funds herein provided shall be augmented from the contingent fund or
any other applicable appropriations authorized in the Current General
Appropriations Act, which shall likewise be released automatically upon
similar request of the Chairman of the Commission on Elections.
Sec. 7. Repealing Clause. — All laws, orders,
rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions
of the Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
Philippines this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and eighty-seven.
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