MANILA, Philippines—Even with less than two months to go before the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes said there was enough time for Congress to abolish the youth councils and eliminate the necessity of holding the election and spending money needlessly. "If we do away with the SK polls, we will be able to save about P60 to P80 million," Brillantes said. Congress still had until the first week of October to decide whether the SK election on Oct. 28, to coincide with the barangay election, should proceed or not, he said. He explained that much of the budget for the SK election will ...
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