By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law converting Mandaue City in Cebu into a lone congressional district, according to a copy of the measure Malacañang released on Wednesday.
Signed on April 5, Republic Act 11257 mandates the separation of Mandaue from the province’s sixth legislative district, which shall commence in the next national and local elections after the effectivity of the law.
Under the law, the incumbent representative of the present sixth legislative district of Cebu province shall continue to represent the district until the new representative of the lone legislative district of the City of Mandaue shall have been elected and qualified.
The Commission on Elections has 30 days from the effectivity of the law to issue the necessary rules and regulations.
Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate committee on local government, said in February that converting Mandaue into a lone congressional district would mean additional fund for development projects.
Known as Cebu’s industrial heartland, Mandaue has a population of 365,144 people based on the 2015 census.
The 1987 Constitution provides that a locality with at least 250,000 residents should have one representative in Congress. —LBG, GMA News
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