QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 74)
They require barangay assembly day to be held twice a year so that the sangguniang barangay can hear and discuss its semestral report on activities and finances, and problems affecting the barangay.
To ensure transparency and accountability at the barangay level by informing residents about the sangguniang barangay’s activities and finances and enabling discussion of barangay issues.
Proclamation No. 342, dated March 18, 2003, declared the first Saturday of March and the third Saturday of October 2003 and every year thereafter as synchronized barangay assembly days.
Because it was too close to the October 25, 2010 Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.
Saturday, December 11, 2010.
Mayors were enjoined to ensure compliance by all barangays in their jurisdiction and to maximize participation by making rounds/visits to barangay assemblies conducted in their respective areas.
The tenets of transparency, responsiveness, accountability, and participation.
It states that institutionalizing barangay assembly day nationwide is a major component of the DILG’s “Biyaheng Pinoy: Tapat na Palakad, Bayang Maunlad” program.
It provides them the opportunity to meet their constituents to reaffirm their commitment to realize their plans and programs for the community.
Problems affecting the barangay, in addition to hearing and discussing semestral reports on activities and finances.
It declared a specific nationwide date—Saturday, December 11, 2010—as Barangay Assembly Day, reflecting a modification due to the election-related postponement.
It is a presidential proclamation; its effect is to declare and set the nationwide date for barangay assembly day and to require local compliance through mayoral enforcement efforts.
The semestral report of the sangguniang barangay concerning its activities and finances, as well as problems affecting the barangay.
To ensure program continuity and to embed participatory, transparent, responsive, and accountable governance mechanisms at the barangay level.
By checking whether the assembly discusses the required semestral report (activities and finances) and barangay problems, and whether residents are given opportunity for participation and deliberation consistent with transparency/accountability goals.