Voting 233 against 0 and one abstention, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the national election day as a regular non-working holiday.<\/p>\n
House Bill (HB) No. 8392 declares that \u201cevery national election shall be a regular non-working holiday to incentivize the electorate who exercise their democratic right of suffrage.\u201d<\/p>\n
It defines a \u201cnational election\u201d to include plebiscites, referenda, people\u2019s initiatives, recall elections, special elections, and other processes of voting of a similar nature which are national in scope.<\/p>\n
The bill would amend Executive Order (EO) No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, which enumerates \u201cregular holidays and nationwide special days.\u201d<\/p>\n
It includes in the enumeration \u201cNational Election Day – Day designated by law for the holding of a national election.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander \u201cSandro\u201d Marcos of Ilocos Norte, one of the bill\u2019s authors, said making a national election day a regular non-working holiday would give voters ample time to exercise their right of suffrage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis proposed law would free them from work-related concerns and allow them to focus on exercising their right to vote wisely,\u201d he said. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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