Members of the “legitimate” minority bloc in the House of Representatives on Tuesday said they would not oppose the move to postpone the conduct of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to October 23, 2017.

In a press briefing, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said the group of lawmakers who claimed to be the minority bloc would join the majority coalition in supporting the bill as long as the proposed legislation would not call for the abolition of the SK and the kagawad or barangay council.

“As far as the postponement of the barangay and SK elections is concerned, the legitimate eight will have no objection to the postponement, as long as this is spelled out very clearly,” Lagman said.

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