The dust of the May 10 national and local elections had just settled, but another poll exercise is in the offing --- and inexorably heating up.
The awaited event is the election of the officers of the Barangay chapters of the Sangguniang Kabataan nationwide. The election will be supervised by the Commission on Elections.
Preparations are underway.
The COMELEC had set the registration of new members of the SK second week of August. Those qualified to register are those aged 15 but below 18, in the latter case at least on the date of the election. The election will be, as mandated by law, on October 25, this year.
Increase in the number of voters is not much of an issue because while there will be many registrants many of those registered have turned 18 years old.
There may not be much problem with the registration to the COMELEC.
On another front, however, the atmosphere is heating up, according to many observers.
Unconfirmed reports are to the effect that, with the intervention of professional politicians, line-ups are already being formed.
The objective is to string a big number with which, hopefully, the presidency of the town’s SK Federation will be snared, they say.
This reality is typical nationwide. All this is a recognition of the role the youth in nation-building.
The standard of performance of a SKF head, however, had been ably raised several notches by Krizza Anne B. Camacho, incumbent president, with her outstand-ing achievements.*
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