INQUIRER FILES
MANILA, Philippines — More than 41,000 residents of Las Piñas voted in favor of an ordinance delineating the territorial boundaries of 20 barangays in the city, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Based on the certificate released by Comelec Chairman George Garcia to the media on Sunday, more than 61,000 of over 300,000 registered voters were asked whether they agree on delineating the territorial boundaries of the barangays.
A total of 41,493 residents voted “yes” or were in favor of the ordinance, while 19,498 voted “no.”
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Citing the voting outcome, the poll body proclaimed the ordinance ratified and approved.
As stated on the local government’s website, City Ordinance No. 1941-23, Series of 2023 delineates the territorial boundaries of the 20 barangays of Las Piñas City per the approved cadastral survey of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in March 2015.
“Since the creation of the barangays of Las Piñas in 1978, by virtue of several Presidential Decrees, the territorial metes and bounds of the said barangays have not been properly identified such that there are barangays whose land areas are not contiguous and/or overlapping with another barangay,” according to the ordinance.
“Moreover, confusion in the territorial boundaries of the barangays is being encountered, which could cause disputes, or be subject of disputes, especially since the cadastral mapping in 1980 for the barangays conflicted with the boundaries as set forth in the Presidential Decrees,” it added.