Duterte signs law for new legislative districts in Cavite

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law “reapportioning” Cavite province into eight legislative districts less than before the 2019 midterm elections.

Duterte signed Republic Act 11069 on September 14 to resection certain legislative districts in Cavite. The law however was only released to the media on September 17.

Specifically, RA 11069 repealed RA 9727 signed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and made General Trias City a lone district in the province. The latest law also effectively transferred areas from the Sixth District to the Seventh District, and created the new Eighth District.

The new legislative districts would now be as follows:

First District

Cavite City
Kawit
Noveleta
Rosario

Second District

Bacoor City
Third District
Imus City

Fourth District

Dasmariñas City

Fifth District

Carmona
General Mariano Alvarez
Silang

Sixth District

General Trias City

Seventh District

Trece Martires City
Indang
Tanza
Amadeo

Eighth District

Tagaytay City
Alfonso
General Aguinaldo
Magallanes
Maragondon
Mendez
Naic
Ternate

Cavite, considered one of the vote-rich provinces, has 1.8 million voters. /kga