Composition
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan is composed of regularly elected members and ex-officio members. The provincial vice-governor serves as its presiding officer, who do not vote except in cases to break a tie.
Regularly elected members are elected from Sangguniang Panlalawigan districts. The total number of SP members to be elected within the province, and the number within each SP district, varies depending on several factors, including the province's income class and the population count within districts.
Ex-officio members in the Sanggunian include:
- the president of the provincial chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay
- the president of the provincial federation of Youth Councils (Sangguniang Kabataan)
- the president of the provincial federation of Sangguniang Panlungsod and Sangguniang Bayan members from component cities and municipalities
The Local Government Code of 1991 also provides for the election of 3 "sectoral representatives," which are supposed to come from:
- women's sector
- agricultural or industrial sector
- other sectors, including the disabled, the urban poor, or indigenous cultural communities
Although several attempts have been made in the past to provide for the election of these sectoral representatives, the lack of a more concrete enabling law upon which the manner of election of these sectoral representatives can be legally based continues to prevent this feature of local governments from being fully realized.
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