Marcos signs law converting Carmona into component city

Carmona is set to become Cavite's eighth city.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed on Thursday, February 23, a law that would convert the municipality of Carmona into a component city of Cavite province. President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez – close allies of Marcos.

Although the law was signed on Thursday, Malacañang only made public Marcos’ approval of the law on Friday, February 24. Based on RA 11938, there will be a few changes in the local government unit once it is converted into a component city. Its elected officials – who received a fresh mandate during the May 2022 polls – will remain in office until the next election.

Carmona’s appointed officials and employees will also continue their roles and be absorbed by the newly created City of Carmona. Local taxes will also not increase, at least in the first five years of Carmona’s cityhood.A plebiscite is set to be held within 60 days of Marcos’ signing the measure into law., with assets totaling over P6.212 billion.

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