DEPARTMENT OF THf, INTI,RIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A. Francisco Gold Condorniniunr lI Bidg. EDSA

corner Mapagmahal Street, Diliman, Quezon City

DrLC oPrdroNro.l24 s. 2010

KATE JOY E. TENENCIA

SK Chairperson
Barangay Culipapa
Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental

Dear Madame:

This pertains to your letter-query seeking this Department's

opinion regarding the honorarium of a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)
chairperson.

In reply thereto, please be informed that in our DILG Opinion

No, 16 series of 2OO7, we opined that barangay officials are not
entitled to the payment of the monthly honorarium in the absence of
the required actual services rendered.

Attached is a photocopy of the said opinion for your ready

reference..

Thank you and warn regards.

Very truly yours,

By Authority of the Secretary:

ATTY sus
DirectEr
Leeaiiij(Merre

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DtrPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ATID LOCAL COVERNMENT
Fmncisco Cold Condominium II, EDSA cor. Mapagmahal St.
I)ilirlan, Qu€zon Clty

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vtcE [.tAYoR JosEJECE!]H,L C. CERIIAI)o

Tuy, BaLangas

Dear Vice Mayor Cerrado:

This is in reply to your letter seeldng our legal opinion regarding legal
issues affecting attendance of a Sangguniang Barangay Member in
Sanggunian sessions.

You represented that the Sangguniang Barangay Members of

Ouinhawa, that municipality, following their election and assumption to
office, adopted an agreement by which if a member is absent in a session,
he/she will be penalized by paying a fine amounting to P50O.00 and if
he/she is again absent on the session following the first absence, his/her
honorarium for one month will be withheld in favor of the barangay
government. It w?rs lurther agreed that absence for three consecutive
sessions will be a grourrd for the Sangguniang Barangay Member's voluntary
giving up of his/her position. one of the Sangguniang Darangay Meynbers
did not agree with the corlditions while the rest declared concurrence.

Since 2OO5, or for a period of almost three years, the dissenting

Sangguniang Barangay Member has been absent. The iibsentee-member
alleged that.whenever he attends a session, he is not recognized by the
body, and thus, his continued non-appearance in sessions. Decause of his
continued absence, the barangay govemment withheld his honorarium. You
llow posed lhe following qucries:

L. "Can the dforementioned. Sa ngguniang Ban'a ngag

Illetnber still clairn the honorariunr. that u)(rs
tuithheld bg ttrc barangay gouernntent?

2. Whdt crrn possibly be done if the concerned

Sangguniang Barantgag Mernber decides to attend
sessions again and work as Bardngdg Kagduad but
the rest of the rnembers clo not like to accept him
agdin?
3. Wf.dt is/are the possible liabilitg(ies) of the
Sangguniang Barangag Mernbet' ulto is opposed to
the agreernent? Of the rest of the Satryguniang
BdrdngdV Members?"

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that under the
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Before is binding to the par[ies'
Civil code of the Philippin"""'t;;;;;*:tr in .lhe agre':ment lllusl bc
however, a condiiion ttrat til. =iiputurio,t, lllegirl cotlditions are
with law, puntic rnorl,ts anJ pur,'c poricy'
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the agreement, a Sanggunrang.
otrhis unauthor?:O to:::::i
his honorarium by reason to Section 595 or
Duclget Circular No' 65' in relatlorl
i'"t,'itJ". I-ocal the
L:"Ls:y^l-'jiers are paid in anct
the Local ""*
oovernment cot""t-;;;;;;;
-tittttJ t1u ci"u-u15enL Accounting
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orricial ror services i:'-l'i]]";H;il;no.r"J
based Principally on sewlces
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certain facLors' the mosL convenient
. Accordingly' other thzrn other Barangay
,"no..u.t by,a sangguniarlg
liir of measuring tt. "u.ui."" uJtrutty ' unoo $tt Local oovernrnent code'
Member is attendance tt
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two sessions a rnonLh'
<:u"' tt""L'"'"J''"tii"i.:o-t
be dividcd inlo tu/o Parts'
each rePresenting
The horlorarium
each session' trence' if "
"lilL'"'"'n "*1"1Ythe prop
to reccive
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t"rl-. he is noi enlitled
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actuil *4""o''
tl,n:"y,':],,3;,X".""Jtt^l[ii$
onc monlh' tlren lrc can bc dcprivcd ot nrs
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government' Can validly withhold
Stated differently, the baratlgay failed to render
honorarium due to a from lhe sanggunlan
-seryices out to """*J#"rrnt'Ji.n"l,-T^TL*,*ho
tti"" ttnorrinorized absences
actuat
sesslon.
please.tali: that it is the fact ol
ln reply to your sccond query' Ye elecl'ion conducted in
one's election u"
"un*"'l]'''i;#;i' r.'i"''
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tn' the Positiorl as
accordance with law
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powers and duties appurtenant
to the said
such and discharge tf-'t fu'-'<:tioi"'
Posilion'
been elected as
by virtue of his
llence, the assumption is ^hRvirlg
o""'nlpti*':,i5'3;'j:'[1"4
sansguniang Barzmsav';#;':"
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ofTice cannot. thererore-'
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Barangay Member
legally acc€Ptab* office for cause'
rt* been removed from
eatlier resignecl r'<r*" "tfii"'"t
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