Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 684)
The main purpose of Presidential Decree No. 684 is to strengthen and define the role of the barangay youth in every barangay by creating the Kabataang Barangay, a barangay youth organization composed of residents under eighteen years of age.
The Kabataang Barangay is composed of all the residents of a barangay who are less than eighteen years of age.
The barangay youth chairman and the six barangay youth leaders must be at least fifteen years old but less than eighteen years old and actual residents of the barangay.
They are chosen by the barangay youth assembly from among its members at a meeting called for that purpose.
The barangay youth chairman is an ex-officio member of the barangay council and serves as the chairman of the Committee on Sports and Recreation activities. They exercise the same powers and functions as a regular barangay councilman.
The barangay captain of the particular barangay has general supervision over the affairs of the Kabataang Barangay.
The barangay youth assembly is composed of residents of the barangay who are at least fifteen years old but less than eighteen and are registered in the barangay list.
The Secretary of Local Government and Community Development shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations.
Yes, all provisions of laws, orders, decrees, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Decree are repealed or modified accordingly.
No, nothing in the Decree shall be construed as depriving the barangay youth of any rights, duties, and responsibilities vested or imposed upon them under existing laws.