By Mortz C. Ortigoza
A central Pangasinan Vice Mayor decried to this newspaper the abuses perpetrated to him by his Mayor.
After learning that he salivated for the mayoralty in the next year’s election, the first class town Chief Executive reassigned his (vice mayor) clerks outside his office and the Sangguniang Bayan (Legislature).
“Nilagay sila outside ng SB kaya wala na akong staff sa office ko ngayon,” he lamented the grave abused of authority and the acts of the Mayor that could be a basis for a criminal case under the Graft and Corrupt Practices Acts.
The rift between the top two elective officials of the municipality started when a Councilor questioned in a privilege speech the more than a hundred million pesos loan from the bank used to construct a government building.
When he and another Councilor manifested to put in writing their sentiment to peruse the details of the contract of the edifice between the local government unit and the contractor, the Vice Mayor signed it for pro-forma sake.
The furious Mayor in a session at the legislative building chided the No. 2 elected man who acted as Presiding Officer why he interfered in the building of the more than a hundred million pesos government structure.
He said he just signed the “Noted By” words on the manifestation paper and that the details of the contract was a public interest as the funds use there were derived from the taxpayers.
“Wala sa halaga ng loan iyong building. Subukan mong pumasok doon sa ilalim at sa itaas walang ka-kuwenta kuwenta ang construction,” he cited by asking not to name him.
When told by this writer that another first class town in the province borrowed P160 million in a bank and where the Chief Executive there gave P1 million each to those Councilors who voted to buy a 400 percent over priced land, the beleaguered Vice Mayor deplored the oppressive selfish Mayor through his emissary gave only P300, 000 to each of the members of the Sangguniang Bayan who voted for the Resolution to borrow a loan in the bank.
He said the Chief Executive did not even give his monthly share from illegal monthly game’s jueteng unlike his pugnacious predecessor who benefited from it by P200, 000 monthly.
The Vice Mayor is not threatened with the pittance of amount he can afford to counter if the Mayor will vote buy next year at the tune of P1,000 to each of the voters in the town
“Noong tumatakbo ako na vice mayor noong previous election kalaban ko ex-mayor. Namimili siya ng P500 kada botante ako P100 lang kada isa,” he disclosed.
The No. 2 elected man dusted off with thousands of votes the former Chief Executive.
His patron in Malacanang boosted his confidence that despite the Mayor a member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan Party of President Rodrigo Duterte, he will use his influence in the citadel of power to make him as the official mayoralty candidate of the party.
The Hizzoner is a PDP-Laban Party's card carrying member, too.
“You asked five people in our town and three will tell you they will vote for me”.
The Chief Executive continue to undermine the No. 2 man when a female resident through her representative signified to him her intention to be her vice mayoralty tandem.
“He pressured the family of the woman because one of her siblings work in the municipal hall,” the Vice Mayor deplored.
The probable vice mayorship bet backtrack on her intention.
“He felt threatened on my collaboration with her to win in the next year’s election. But my ticket for the eight members Sangguniang Bayan are already complete”.
Vice Mayor said he will expose the shenanigans and corruptions of the Mayor in his several years in power after the filing of the certificate of candidacy (CoC) this coming October.
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MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA
I am a twenty years seasoned Op-Ed Political Writer in various newspapers and Blogger exposing government corruptions, public officials's idiocy and hypocrisies, and analyzing local and international issues. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration and professional government eligibility. I taught for a decade Political Science and Economics in universities in Metro Manila and cities of Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Dagupan. Follow me
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