Article IV
ELECTION
OF LOCAL OFFICIALS
Section
Details
Sec. 29. Regular elections of local officials. - The election of provincial, city and municipal officials whose
positions are provided for by the Local Government Code shall be held
throughout the Philippines in the manner herein prescribed on the first Monday
of May, Nineteen hundred and eighty-six and on the same day every six years
thereafter.
The officials elected shall assume
office on the thirtieth day of June next following the election and shall hold
office for six years and until their successors shall have been elected and
qualified.
All local incumbent officials whose
tenure of office shall expire on March 23, 1986 shall hold office until June
30, 1986 or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified:
Provided, That they cannot be suspended or removed without just cause.
Sec. 30. Component and highly urbanized
cities. - Unless their respective
charters provide otherwise, the electorate of component cities shall be
entitled to vote in the election for provincial officials of the province of
which it is a part.
The electorate of highly urbanized
cities shall not vote in the election for provincial officials of the province
in which it is located: Provided, however, That no component city shall be
declared or be entitled to a highly urbanized city status within ninety days
prior to any election.
