Youth Pulse #2 results!

Apparently, many of us still believe in the value and the potential of the Sangguniang Kabataan. We would rather see the institution reformed than abolished altogether.

To all those who participated in the survey, THANK YOU! Stay tuned for this week’s Youth Pulse.

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Youth Pulse #2: Should the SK be abolished?

The Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council of the Philippines) was ideally created to facilitate young people’s participation in actual, real-world governance. However, over the past few years, SK units had been plagued with severe criticisms due to their apparent inefficiency in performing their functions and their incapacity to surpass traditional politics. To resolve  this problem, two general proposals are filed in Congress at present: one to ABOLISH the SK and another to REFORM it. Which side are you on?

*This poll closes on Sunday, 9 November 2008*

Want to read up on the Sangguniang Kabataan? Here are some archived Web articles, blog posts, and online resources that we found:

Abolition of Sangguniang Kabataan sought (Senate.gov.ph – press release dated 13 April 2008)

Senate Bill No. 2155: SK Abolition act (Senate.gov.ph – filed 10 April 2008)

The Sunday Times report on SK abolition proposal (ManilaTimes.net – 25 November 2007)

National Confederation of Youth Advocates go for SK reform (NCYA.net – 30 October 2007)

Senate Bill No. 1478: Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2007 (Senate.gov.ph – filed on 21 August 2007)

SK National Federation on Multiply

WordPress blogs on the SK

Youth Pulse is a weekly poll that aims to find out what YOU think about key youth- and election-related issues.

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Youth Pulse results!

You’ve cast your vote and some of you have made your comments known, so now we present the results of the first-ever Youth Pulse, asking about YOUR thoughts on Charter Change.

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