MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Circular No. 51, March 7, 1988 ]
PROVIDING FOR POLICY GUIDELINES ON THE REPRESENTATIONS OF CERTAIN SECTORS IN THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
WHEREAS, Article X, Section 9 of the 1987 Constitution. provides: “Legislative bodies of local governments shall have sectoral representation as may be prescribed by law”;
WHEREAS, the Local Government Code provides for the manner of representation of certain sectors, viz.: the Katipunan ng mga barangay, Kabataang Barangay, Agricultural Labor and Industrial Labor in local legislative bodies, and the process of election or selection of such representatives;
WHEREAS, there is a need for policy guidelines on the present scope of sectoral representations in local legislative bodies and on the implementation of the provisions of the Local Government Code thereon;
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, the policy guidelines on representation of certain sectors in the legislative bodies of local governments shall be as follows:
1. The sectoral representations in the legislative bodies of local governments shall be as provided for under the Local Government Code, Batas Pambansa Big. 337, viz.:
a. Barangays
Kabataang Barangay Chairman
b. Municipalities
President of the Katipunang Bayan
President of the Kabataang Barangay Municipal Federation
Agricultural Labor Sector Representative
Industrial Labor Sector Representative
c. Cities
President of the Katipunang Panlungsod ng mga Barangay
President of the Kabataang Barangay City Federation
Agricultural Labor Sector Representative
Industrial Labor Sector Representative
d. Province
Kabataang Barangay Provincial Federation President
President of the Katipunang Panlalawigan
2. The manner of election or selection of the aforesaid sectoral representatives in the legislative bodies of the local governments shall be governed by the provisions of the Local Government Code and its implementing rules and regulations.
3. The Secretary of Local Government is hereby authorized to issue the necessary rules and regulations in implementing this Memorandum Circular.1aшphi1
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 7th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
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