Article V
ELECTION
OF MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
AUTONOMOUS REGIONS
Section
Details
Sec. 31. The
Sangguniang Pampook of the autonomous regions. - Region IX and Region XII in southern
Philippines shall each have a Sangguniang Pampook to be composed of
twenty-seven members and shall include seventeen representatives elected from
the different provinces and cities of each region, and a sectoral representative
each from among the youth, agricultural workers, and non-agricultural workers
(industrial labor) of each region to be selected in the manner herein provided
whose qualifications and disqualifications are the same as Members of the
Batasang Pambansa.
The President shall appoint an
additional seven representatives in each region whenever in his judgment any
other sector is not properly represented in the Sangguniang Pampook as a result
of the elections.
Sec. 32. Apportionment
of members of the Sangguniang Pampook. -
The Members of the Sangguniang Pampook of Region IX and of Region XII shall be
apportioned as follows:
Region
IX:
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Basilan,
one (1);
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Sulu,
three (3);
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Tawi-Tawi,
one (1);
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Zamboanga
del Norte
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including
the cities of Dipolog and Dapitan, four, (4);
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and
Zamboanga del Sur,
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including
the City of Pagadian, six (6); and Zamboanga City, two (2);
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Region
XII:
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Lanao
del Norte, two (2);
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Iligan
City, one (1);
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Lanao
del Sur
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including
the City of Marawi, four (4);
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Maguindanao
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including
the City of Cotabato, four (4);
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North
Cotabato, four (4); and
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Sultan
Kudarat, two (2).
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Sec. 33. Election
of members of Sangguniang Pampook. -
The candidates for the position of seventeen representatives to the Sangguniang
Pampook of Region IX and of Region XII shall be voted at large by the registered
voters of each province including the cities concerned.
The candidates corresponding to the
number of member or members to be elected in a constituency who receive the
highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
Sec. 34. Selection
of sectoral representatives. -
The President shall, within thirty days from the convening of each Sangguniang
Pampook, appoint the sectoral representatives on recommendation of the
Sangguniang Pampook and after due consultation with the representative and
generally recognized organizations or aggrupations of members of the youth, agricultural
workers and non-agricultural workers as attested by the Ministers of Local
Government and of Education, Culture and Sports (youth), Ministers of Agrarian
Reform and of Agriculture and Food (agricultural workers), and Ministers of
Labor and Employment (non-agricultural or industrial labor).
The President of the Philippines shall
in writing notify the Speaker of the Sangguniang Pampook of each region of the
appointment made by him of any sectoral representative.
The sectoral representatives shall have
the same functions, responsibilities, rights, privileges, qualifications and
disqualifications as the elective provincial representatives to the Sangguniang
Pampook: Provided, however, That no defeated candidate for member of the
Sangguniang Pampook in the immediately preceding election shall be appointed as
sectoral representative.
Sec. 35. Filling
of vacancy. - Pending an election to fill
vacancy arising from any cause in the Sangguniang Pampook, the vacancy shall be
filled by the President, upon recommendation of the Sangguniang Pampook: Provided,
That the appointee shall come from the same province or sector of the member
being replaced.
Sec. 36. Term
of office. - The present members of the
Sangguniang Pampook of each of Region IX and Region XII shall continue in
office until June 30, 1986 or until their successors shall have been elected
and qualified or appointed and qualified in the case of sectoral members. They may not be removed or replaced except in
accordance with the internal rules of said assembly or provisions of pertinent
laws.
The election of members of the
Sangguniang Pampook of the two regions shall be held simultaneously with the
local elections of 1986. Those elected
in said elections shall have a term of four years starting June 30, 1986.
Those elected in the election of 1990
to be held simultaneously with the elections of Members of the Batasang
Pambansa shall have a term of six years.
