Tabuk City, Kalinga – In a bid to squelch the ongoing move to transfer one of this province's towns to Cagayan, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has formally registered its opposition to the plan which it assailed as bereft of a valid basis and is selfishly motivated.
Through Resolution No. 2007-325, the SP also called on all the congressmen and the Regional Development Council (RDC) of the Cordillera to block any legislative act for the transfer of Rizal to Cajgayan.
The resolution refuted the claim of the proponents that Rizal is being neglected by Kajinga saying, "the projects, programs and activities implemented thereat by the various agencies of the government reveal the said allegation and other allegations mentioned in the petition are false and misleading, selfish and self-serving."
The SP also mentioned that the transfer will diminish the area of Kalinga and the Cordillera region.
Aside from the alleged neglect by Kalinga, the petition also bewails that Rizal residents conduct their trading in Tuguegarao City because of the rampant robberies alang the road to Tabuk City and likewise the bias of the bodong (native justice system) against lowlanders.
The main ground cited by the petition is that lowlanders consist 83 percent of the town's population.
Sanggunian Secretary Mathew Matbagan told the media the SP was responding to information the proponents of the transfer are already lobbying among congressmen for the planned transfer although they are not yet through gathering signatures for their petition.
Matbagan said the objective of the resolution is to make Cordillera representatives aware the Kalinga LGU is opposed to the planned transfer and also to try and preempt the submission of the petition to Congress.
Matbagan said that according to information, any representative from the Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera could act on the petition by filing a bill seeking the transfer of Rizal to Cagayan.
Municipal Administrator Marcelo dela Cruz who was j ust replaced by his son Chris Mark as. mayor of the town is the alleged moving spirit behind the move to transfer Rizal to Cagayan. **By Estanislao Albano Jr., ZZW, Nov. 25, 2007
Through Resolution No. 2007-325, the SP also called on all the congressmen and the Regional Development Council (RDC) of the Cordillera to block any legislative act for the transfer of Rizal to Cajgayan.
The resolution refuted the claim of the proponents that Rizal is being neglected by Kajinga saying, "the projects, programs and activities implemented thereat by the various agencies of the government reveal the said allegation and other allegations mentioned in the petition are false and misleading, selfish and self-serving."
The SP also mentioned that the transfer will diminish the area of Kalinga and the Cordillera region.
Aside from the alleged neglect by Kalinga, the petition also bewails that Rizal residents conduct their trading in Tuguegarao City because of the rampant robberies alang the road to Tabuk City and likewise the bias of the bodong (native justice system) against lowlanders.
The main ground cited by the petition is that lowlanders consist 83 percent of the town's population.
Sanggunian Secretary Mathew Matbagan told the media the SP was responding to information the proponents of the transfer are already lobbying among congressmen for the planned transfer although they are not yet through gathering signatures for their petition.
Matbagan said the objective of the resolution is to make Cordillera representatives aware the Kalinga LGU is opposed to the planned transfer and also to try and preempt the submission of the petition to Congress.
Matbagan said that according to information, any representative from the Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera could act on the petition by filing a bill seeking the transfer of Rizal to Cagayan.
Municipal Administrator Marcelo dela Cruz who was j ust replaced by his son Chris Mark as. mayor of the town is the alleged moving spirit behind the move to transfer Rizal to Cagayan. **By Estanislao Albano Jr., ZZW, Nov. 25, 2007
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