By Mortz C. Ortigoza
I dropped by recently at the ritzy mansion of a first class
town mayor in Northern Luzon since I did not break bread with him for a
long time.
I met there too some of his seasoned political leaders that
spiked up and spiced up our conversation about politics.
When I told them about the audacity of assassins murdering
this year politicians like former La Union Congressman Eufranio Eriguel, Sudipen, La Union
Mayor Alexander Buquing,Balaoan,
La Union former mayor and incumbent Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion, and former
Bayambang, Pangasinan Councilor Levin N. Uy, the mayor told me about the
aborted murder hatched against him.
He narrated that a year ago somebody called him that his
perennial bitter rival, who supports a relative for the mayorship, wanted
to assassinate him.
He immediately contacted his police brass’ friends at the
regional command and sought their help to unmask the perpetrator of the threat.
“They have technological marvel that could trace the location of the owner of the mobile phone whenever it rings,” he enthused.
“Ya, I know that StingRay liked gadget. When my cellphone
was surreptitiously taken by a theft from my opened shoulder bag in Mangaldan
seven years ago, I told the incident to the then chief of police of Dagupan
City where the device traced the location of my phone in Barangay Caranglaan of
the city,” I cited.
