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The Local Government Code provides for an additional three sectoral representatives representing: women, laborers, and any of the urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, disabled persons or another sector that may be identified by the Sangguniang Bayan; however, this provision still has to be implemented.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.
Republic Act No. 9591, [6] approved on May 1, 2009, sought to separate the city of Malolos from the first district to form its own congressional district starting in the 2010 elections. Like in the case of San Jose del Monte, the residents of Malolos would have remained as part of the province's 1st Sangguniang Panlalawigan district.
Malolos [maˈlɔlɔs], officially the City of Malolos (Filipino: Lungsod ng Malolos), is a component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. [3] It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government. [5]
In the Local Government Code of 1991, a local government unit (LGU) can take the form of a province, a city, a municipality, or a barangay. [1] All LGUs have local legislatures (Sanggunian) and local chief executives (governor, mayor, or barangay captain) that are elected by popular vote.
According to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, [18] a municipality shall mainly have a mayor (punong-bayan / alcalde), a vice mayor (pangalawang punong-bayan / vicealcalde) and members (kagawad/consejal) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Bayan alongside a secretary to the said legislature.
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) is the umbrella organization of all leagues of local government units (LGUs) and locally elected government officials, and was formed in 1998, registered in 1999, and further endorsed through Executive Order 351, series of 2004. [1]
The powers, duties, and functions of the Sanggunian are outlined in Section 468 of the Local Government Code of 1991. [1] The legislative body is tasked in general to "enact ordinances, approve resolutions and appropriate funds for the general welfare of the province and its inhabitants... in the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the province."