Election 2013

Josef Reimon R. Urrete

Election is just right around the corner

The 2013 Philippine general election on 13 May 2013 will be a midterm election, as the officials elected will assume office on 30 June 2013, or midway into President Benigno”P-Noy” Aquino.There will be elected twelve senators, 229 district  members of the House of Representatives, 80 provincial governors, 80 provincial vice governors, 766 members of the Sangguniang Panglalawigan (provincial legislature), 138 city mayors, 138 city vice mayors, 1,532 members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod(city council), 1,496 municipal mayors, 1,496 municipal vice mayors, and 11,972 members of the Sangguniang Bayan (municipal council). In the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), there will be elected one regional governor, one regional vice governor, and 24 regional assemblymen.Party-list representatives will also be elected. In total, there will be 18,022 national and local positions decided.^[1]

Barangay officials, including barangay captains, will not be elected in May. The 2013 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, are scheduled to be held in October 2013.

So yeah,that’s the info on what is Election 2013 from my source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_general_election,_2013.

I can’t vote yet but I believe that whoever would win in said election,be it a small role,has the power and responsibility in leading our country.