MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) en banc has ordered the Senate, House of Representatives, Office of the President, and Commission on Elections (Comelec) to file their comments within 10 days on three separate petitions challenging the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 12232, which postponed the December 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.

The directive was issued during the Court’s sessions on August 19 and 28, 2025. The petitions were filed by Romulo B. Macalintal, John Barry T. Tayam, and Mystro Yushi P. Fujii et al., all seeking a temporary restraining order on the implementation of the law.

RA 12232 moved the Barangay and SK elections to the first Monday of November 2026 and allowed incumbent officials to remain in office until November 30, 2026, in a hold-over capacity.

The Liga ng Barangay ng Pilipinas, along with 51 punong barangays, also filed a petition to intervene in G.R. No. E-02002, opposing Macalintal’s petition.

The High Court ordered the consolidation of the three petitions and directed Macalintal, along with the respondents, to file their comments on the Liga ng Barangay’s petition-in-intervention and opposition within 10 days.

The petitions are docketed as G.R. No. E-02002 (Romulo B. Macalintal v. Senate, et al.), G.R. No. E-02010 (John Barry T. Tayam v. Comelec, et al.), and G.R. No. E-02142 (Mystro Yushi P. Fujii et al. v. Office of the President, et al.).