NO TO POLLS DEFERMENT. Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman opposes the proposed deferment of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set on Dec. 5 this year. He said on Tuesday (Sept. 20, 2022) such a moveis unconstitutional. (File photo courtesy of PTV) LEGAZPI CITY - Albay First District Rep. Edcel Lagman is not in favor of postponing the Dec. 5, 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE). In a statement on Tuesday, Lagman said he cast a negative vote on the deferment, believing that elections are the bedrock of democratic governments and democracy at the grassroots must be assured by holding regular elections. "The reason invariably invoked by the authors of the postponement that the savings of PHP7 to PHP8 billion, if the elections are postponed, can be realigned to finance the pandemic response and the stimulus package for economic recovery is not legally feasible and is utterly unconstitutional because the Commission on Elections (Comelec) enjoys fiscal