Navotas City Council

The Navotas City Council is Navotas's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislature. It is composed of 14 councilors, with 12 councilors elected from Navotas' six councilor districts (coextensive with the Legislative district of Navotas) and two councilors elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils). The presiding officer of the council is the Vice Mayor, who is elected citywide.

City Council of Navotas

Sangguniang Panglunsod ng Navotas
Type
Type
Term limits
3 terms (9 years)
Leadership
Presiding Officer
Clint Geronimo, Navoteño
since June 30, 2013
Structure
Seats14 councilors
Length of term
3 years
AuthorityNavotas City Charter
Local Government Code of the Philippines
Elections
Plurality-at-large voting
Last election
May 13, 2013
Next election
May 9, 2016
Meeting place
Navotas City Hall
Website
Navotas Government Official Website

Membership

Each of Navotas' two councilor districts elects six councilors to the council. In plurality-at-large voting, a voter may vote up to six candidates, with the candidates having the six highest number of votes being elected. In addition, the barangay chairmen and the SK chairmen throughout the city elect amongst themselves their representatives to the council. Hence, there are 14 councilors.

City council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country. Elections are held every first Monday of May every third year since 1992.

Current members

As the presiding officer, Vice Mayor Clint Geronimo can only vote to break ties.

The parties as stated in the 2016 election.[1]

2nd District
  • Del Rosario-Tumangan, Ma. Lourdes Santos "Marielle" (Navoteño)
  • Ang, Dan Israel (Independent)
  • Naval, Ronaldo David "Steve" (Navoteño)
  • Lupisan, Arnel Sablay "Arnel" (Navoteño)
  • Cruz, Neil (Navoteño)
  • De Guzman, Carlito Jr. de Roxas "Don" (Navoteño)

References
  1. "City of Navotas [Councilors]". Navotas.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
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