PLEBISCITE. Residents of Barangay Talon Uno cast their votes during Saturday's (June 29, 2024) plebiscite, ratifying an ordinance that sets boundaries. More than 41,00 voted yes while 19,000 said no to the ordinance. (Screengrab from Comelec Facebook)
MANILA – Over 41,000 Las Piñas City voters approved the delineation of its 20 villages, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Sunday.
A plebiscite was held Saturday for the approval of City Ordinance No. 1941-23 which delineates the territorial boundaries of 20 barangays to match the cadastral survey approved in 2015 by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Based on the Certificate of Canvass (COC) of the Las Piñas plebiscite, a total of 41,493 registered voters voted “yes” while 19,498 said “no” against the ordinance.
The plebiscite was conducted from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 30 voting centers -- 14 in District 1 and 16 in District 2.
The voters, however, were just 20 percent of the total 308,059 registered voters.
“On the basis of the foregoing, we hereby proclaim that ordinance delineating the territorial boundaries of the twenty (20) Barangays of Las Piñas City to conform with the approved Cadastral Survey of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) completed in March 2015, pursuant to the City Ordinance No. 1941-21, Series of 2023 dated April 24, 2023, was ratified… by the majority of the votes cast in the City of Las Piñas, National Capital Region on June 29, 2024. In witness whereof, we have signed these presents at the City of Las Piñas, National Capital Region this 30th day of June 2024,” the City Plebiscite Board of Canvassers said in the signed COC.
“Effective na po ang delineation ng 20 barangays based sa ordinance, (The ordinance that delineates 20 barangays is now effective,” Comelec chief George Garcia said in a statement.
Las Piñas election officer, lawyer Datumama Macainding, said the plebiscite was conducted to settle the issue among villages with overlapping boundaries. (PNA)
