BRGYS. TOLD TO INVENTORY PROPERTIES, RECORDS
Año said that among the functions of the BIT is to ensure the completeness of barangay properties, financial records and documents
Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Año has directed each barangay to create a team that will conduct an inventory of its properties and records in preparation for a possible change of leadership after the May elections.
Año said the Barangay Inventory Team (BIT) will be composed of the barangay chairman as head and two barangay coun- cilors, a barangay secretary, a barangay treasurer, a bookkeeper or city or municipal representative and at least two civil society organization (CSO) representatives as members.
The CSO representatives should come from either a faithbased organization or the Barangay Development Council. This would ensure smooth and systematic transition from the outgoing to the incoming barangay officials, assuming the elections would push through.
A bill has been filed in the House seeking another postponement of the barangay elections to allow Congress to focus on the task of revising the 1987 Constitution.
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said tje filing of candidacy is scheduled from April 14 to 20 while the campaign period will take place on May 4 until May 12. The election period will be from April 14 to May 21. The Barangay and SK elections have been postponed twice, in October 2016 and October 2017 after President Rodrigo Duterte expressed belief that drug syndicates may influence the electoral process by funding the candidates who can protect their activities.
Año said that among the functions of the BIT is to ensure the completeness of barangay properties, financial records and documents, including legislative and administrative records, minutes of meetings, list and status of complaints filed before the Lupong Tagapamayapa, registry of barangay inhabitants, list of current local or international development assisted projects and other documents.