Duterte signs law splitting Southern Leyte into two legislative districts

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law dividing Southern Leyte province into two legislative districts, according to a document released by Malacañang on Monday.

Duterte approved Republic Act 11198 on February 1, three months before the May midterm elections.

Comprising the first legislative district are  Maasin City and the towns of Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Limasawa, Malitbog, Tomas Oppus and Bontoc.

The towns of Sogod, Libagon, Liloan, San Francisco, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, Anahawan, San Juan, Hinundayan, Hinunangan and Silago will compose the second legislative district.

The law said the incumbent representative of the lone legislative district of Southern Leyte shall continue to represent the district until the new representatives of the two new districts shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Duterte was born in Maasin City on March 28, 1945. — Virgil Lopez/RSJ, GMA News