People's CALL under the Kasangguni Program

People's CALL is actually just part and parcel of a comprehensive program created for the Sangguniang Bayan of Pandi, to actively encourage the constituents to participate in local legislation. The following are lifted from the concept paper of the said program, referred to as Kasangguni sa Barangay Program (KBP) or Kasangguni Program.

"The Municipality of Pandi in the Province of Bulacan is comprised of twenty-two (22) barangays, with a total land area of 31.2 km2. Recent statistics estimate its current population at 60,637 inhabitants in 9,817 households.

The Local Government Unit is composed of two major units --- the Executive unit, headed by the Mayor/ Local Chief Executive, and the Legislative unit (the Sangguniang Bayan, also referred to as the Legislative Department), headed by the Vice Mayor/ Vice Local Chief Executive.

All legislative actions emanate from the Legislative Department, to be implemented by the Executive arm.  It is therefore imperative to emphasize the importance of the role of the Sangguniang Bayan to come up with quality legislations that will bring about efficient management of the municipality systems and programs, and to push the community to real, continuous progress.

This program aims to uphold the true essence of the word “sanggunian,” that is, opening the channels of communication between the local government officials and the People of Pandi.

Constant communication with the people will ensure that legislations that are being drafted, proposed, and approved at the Sangguniang Bayan are representative of, and truly responsive to, the needs of the community; legislations that are timely, encompassing, proactive.

As the municipality of Pandi is divided into 22 barangays, for purposes of ease of implementation, it will be thru the context of the barangay that this program will be referred to. The Office of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) will actively encourage the participation of the people from the different barangays in its activities pertaining to legislation."  

Programs under the KBP may be in any of the following:

1.Consultations with barangay officials

2.Community outreach programs

3.Creation of a council of representatives from the different sectors/barangays of Pandi

4. Creation of a social platform for constituent consultations thru the use of information technology