Kalinga holds sectoral forum on regional autonomy

Posted on | Monday 14 March 2011 | No Comments

by Gigi Dumallig

 TABUK, Kalinga, Friday March 14  – In support to the realization of autonomy in the region, the provincial government of Kalinga set the ball rolling with a multi-sectoral forum and workshop on the proposed organic act.

 Assistant Provincial Planning and Development officer Geronimo Donaal said that in order to get a clearer picture of how each sector perceive autonomy, the forum and workshop will be conducted by sector.

 March 11, he said, would involve the municipal elected officials and municipal head of offices; March 15 will be participated by the heads of national line agencies, people’s  organization and non-government organizations; and on March 17, invited sectors are the punong barangays in the province.

In a message, Kalinga Governor Jocel Baac underscored the need for the people to understand the advantages of being an autonomous region citing the five principles of autonomy.

 He said that more officials are now taking a more positive view on said endeavor unlike the previous campaigns where local officials were hesitant because of political differences and suspicions.

 Local leaders and the people should now focus on the development aspect of the campaign urging them to actively participate especially in the drafting of the review and organic act, he stressed.

 During the March 11 workshop, the group agreed to have a plenary session in the review of the 1997 proposed Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) Organic Act.


Among those who attended the forum were Tabuk City Mayor Ferdinand Tubban, Mayor Kenneth Mangaoang of Balbalan, Mayor James Edduba of Pasil, Mayor Irving Dasayon of Pinukpuk, and Mayor Fernando Abay of Tinglayan.* (PIA CAR/Kalinga)

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