Duterte signs law creating lone district of General Santos
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:12:18 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that creates the lone legislative district of General Santos City.
Duterte signed Republic Act 11243 on March 11.
Under the law, the first legislative district of South Cotabato will be composed of Polomolok, Tampakan and Tupi.
Koronadal City, Banga, Lake Sebu, Norala, Santo Niño, Surallah, Tantangan and T’boli will be under the second district.
General Santos City will be the third legislative district.
The incumbent representatives of the first and second legislative districts of South Cotabato will continue to represent their respective districts until the new congressmen will be elected in May.
The law will take effect 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper. Ralph Edwin U. Villanueva
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