“Mga kababayan, ang susunod na presidente ng Pilipinas, Bro Eddie Villanueva!”
Lifting Villanueva’s hand in victory, those were the words of Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn in what could be considered as his categorical endorsement of the televangelist last Saturday, March 6, during the latter’s visit to the country’s cleanest and greenest city.
“Nasubukan na natin lahat. Bakit di naman natin subukan ang taong may takot sa Diyos? Siguradong di sya gagawa ng masama dahil di nya pwedeng suwayin ang itinuturo niya,” the city mayor also said of the Bangon Pilipinas Party standardbearer.
Meanwhile, Villanueva who runs on a platform of “Anim na taon na walang korapsyon” wowed the crowd of more than 5,000 people when he spoke before them at the Palawan Coliseum.
Quoting Section 18 of the Local Government Code, Villanueva said that under a righteous leadership, Palawan should have received its rightful share of P5B a year from the Malampaya revenues.
“Kung matino ang gobyerno, dapat sana’y naibigay sa Palawan ang P5B pondo kada taon. Mai-integrate ang sea transport, land transport, air transport. Dapat sana’y number one tourist destination na ang Palawan sa buong mundo,” he underscored.
Among other things, said provision in the Local Government Code states that the Local Government Unit shall have the power and authority … “to have a just share in national taxes which shall be automatically and directly released to them without need of any further action; to have an equitable share in the proceeds from the utilization and development of the national wealth and resources within their respective territorial jurisdictions including sharing the same with the inhabitants by way of direct benefits…”
