MANILA — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to come up with a list of qualities of a good barangay official to serve as guide for voters in the May 14, 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
DILG Officer-in-Charge Eduardo M. Año said his department was urging the public to vote for officials who were “matino, mahusay, and maasahan (upright, efficient, and reliable).”
“The barangays are at the forefront of government service; therefore, we will encourage the people to vote for a new set of barangay officials that are committed to the Duterte administration’s anti-corruption, anti-drug, and anti-criminality campaign,” Año said in a statement Wednesday.
“The national government needs barangay officials that are committed to reform at the barangay level,” he added.
According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), 58.1 percent of the total 42,036 barangays nationwide are affected by illegal drugs.
With the release of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) calendar of activities for the 2018 Barangay and SK Elections, the DILG has committed to a massive information drive to encourage the people to choose the best barangay officials, especially those who have cleared their communities of the drug problem. (Perfecto Raymundo/PNA)
