THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has moved to December 17, 2022 the plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Baliwag in Bulacan into a component city.
The original date of the plebiscite is scheduled on January 14, 2023.
“The Commission on Elections hereby amends Resolution No. 10834, and hereby sets the date of the plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Baliwag in the province of Bulacan into a component city to be known as the City of Baliwag on December 17, 2022,” said the Comelec in Resolution No. 10849.
It said the move of the plebiscite date was made due to the postponement of the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to October 2023.
“(With the) approval of the bill by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., the Commission may re-schedule the conduct of the plebiscite to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Baliwag into a component city into an earlier date,” said the Comelec.
With the plebiscite date set a month earlier, the poll body also set a new information and campaign eriod, which will run from November 17 to December 15, 2022.
Accordingly, the plebiscite period has also been set from November 17 to December 24, 2022.
On plebiscite day, which is a Saturday, casting of votes will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
