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The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is the local legislative body of a city government in the Philippines. [1] The name of the legislative body comes from the Filipino words "sanggunian" ("council") – ultimately from the root word "sangguni" ("to consult") – both of Tagalog origins, with the latter word also of Kapampangan and Old Tagalog origins, and "lungsod" ("city") of both Tagalog ...
Elected or regular members of the Sangguniang Bayan must at least be 18 years old on election day; multi-member plurality voting is used to elect these members, in which voters may vote for as many candidates as the number of council seats. [4] They are elected for a three-year term and may serve up to three consecutive terms.
The executive and legislative branches of cities are modeled after provinces, with a mayor, vice mayor and a city council made up of councilors. The city council has up to 36 regular members elected via plurality-at-large voting. Some cities are divided into councilor districts; if a city is divided into two or more congressional districts, the ...
An additional three ex officio members are the presidents of the provincial chapters of the Association of Barangay Captains, the Councilors' League, the Sangguniang Kabataan provincial president; the municipal and city (if applicable) presidents of the Association of Barangay Captains, Councilor's League and Sangguniang Kabataan, shall elect amongst themselves their provincial presidents ...
This category includes current and former members of the Cebu City Council. For a list of only the current members, see Current Membership of the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod (2019-2022) . Pages in category "Cebu City Council members"
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan is composed of regularly elected members, ex officio members, and members representing reserved seats for certain sectors. The provincial vice-governor serves as its presiding officer, who does not vote except in cases to break a tie. Regularly elected members are elected from Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts.
Mel Lopez (former Mayor of Manila and Plaza Miranda bombing survivor, was a LP member during the final mayoralty term of Villegas as Vice Mayor and congressman at Manila's 1st District) Chavit Singson (Member of the Vigan City Council, during his younger years) Vicente Madrigal (Senator of the Philippines)
The chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan (barangay's youth council) who is elected by voters aged 15 to 30 years old, is the ex officio eighth member. Some barangays with a population of indigenous people have an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) as the ex officio ninth member albeit elected separately.