Edmundo Delos Santos Salgatar

Edmundo Delos Santos Salgatar holds the position of Punong Barangay in Barangay Lubo, a barangay in the municipality of Jala-Jala, serving the 2023 - 2026 term. As Punong Barangay, Edmundo leads the elected Sangguniang Barangay and represents the community's local government unit.

As the head of the smallest tier of Philippine local government, the Punong Barangay is responsible for everything from maintaining peace and order within the barangay to supervising the Barangay Development Plan, enforcing national and local laws within the barangay boundaries, and representing residents in the wider city or municipal government. The position is held for a four-year term under Republic Act No. 12232.

Barangay Lubo is one of 11 barangays in the municipality of Jala-Jala, in the province of Rizal, in the CALABARZON region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Barangay Lubo had a population of 1,940 residents — the constituency that Edmundo serves as Punong Barangay. Rizal is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance.

Barangay officials in the Philippines are elected during the synchronised Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Edmundo currently holds office under the mandate established by the October 30, 2023 BSKE. The next BSKE, at which this position will again be contested, is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026.

The Sangguniang Barangay — which Edmundo Delos Santos Salgatar leads — is the legislative body of a Philippine barangay. It passes barangay ordinances and resolutions, approves the annual barangay budget, and exercises oversight over the barangay's programmes and projects. Its composition includes the Punong Barangay, seven kagawads, the SK Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all accountable directly to residents.