ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Duterte wants village execs appointedVillarin warned that the Marcos dictatorship used the barangays as its machinery to monitor and control the people. That’s 344,000 people at the beck and call of the President!” Villarin said. Duterte renewed his call to appoint the barangay officials following his signing into law the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to 2017. READ: Duterte inks law postponing barangay, SK pollsHe said he would want to suspend this year’s polls and appoint barangay officials instead over fears that drug lords would bankroll candidates in the next barangay elections. In a radio interview, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he found it a “valid” motive for the President to appoint barangay officials.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 24, 2017 09:15 UTC