MANILA, Philippines –The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the revised rules for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to address changes in the procedural regulations. These revised rules, according to the SC, aim to achieve a swift, cost-effective, and fair resolution of such cases. The amended rules, which will be applied prospectively, incorporate some of the provisions of the 2019 Amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure. The amended rules will take effect 15 days after publication, once in a newspaper of general circulation or in the Supreme Court official website. Earlier, the SC declared as unconstitutional the law postponing Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections from its initial schedule of Dec. 5, 2022, to the last Monday of October 2023.
