Public Service Presently, almost 42,000 barangays are part of this organization, making it the largest organization of local government units in that country.
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The Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas (League of Barangays of the Philippines in English) is a formal organization of all the barangays in the Philippines. Statutory Basis
Its creation and purpose is mandated by Section 491 of the Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended, which states:
There shall be an organization
of all barangays to be known as the liga ng mga barangay for the primary purpose of determining the representation of the Liga in the sanggunians, and for ventilating, articulating and crystallizing issues affecting barangay government administration and securing, through proper and legal means, solutions thereto. Representation
Each barangay is represented in the League by their Punong Barangay (Barangay Chairman/Head/Captain). In case of his absence or incapacity, a sanggunian member of the barangay shall be its representative after being elected for this purpose by its members. Chapters
The League is structured into chapters and each chapter has the following sets of elected officers:
President
Vice President
Five (5) members of the board of directors
The board of directors shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer and any other position needed to properly manage the chapter. The chapters are formed at various levels corresponding to each hierarchy of the Philippine local government units, namely:
Municipal - members are composed of the Punong Barangay or their representative sanggunian members from the various barangay under the municipality. City - members are composed of the Punong Barangay or their representative sanggunian members from the various barangay under the city. Provincial - members are composed of the duly elected presidents of all the constituent municipal and city chapters under the province. Metropolitan Political Subdivision - members are composed of the duly elected presidents of all the constituent municipal and city chapters under the metropolitan political subdivision. All duly elected president of any chapter regardless of the level shall automatically become an ex-officio member of the sanggunian at their level. Description above from the Wikipedia article Liga ng mga Barangay, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. Community Pages are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.
