PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III is expected to arrive today, Saturday, to lead the mass oath taking of new members of the Liberal Party (LP) in Negros Occidental.
The President will arrive at 1:30 p.m. at the Nature’s Village Hotel and Restaurant in Talisay City, the venue of the LP’s gathering. He will be welcomed by Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., Representative Albee Benitez (Third District, Negros Occidental), who is also the provincial chair of LP, and other LP officials from Western Visayas. Expected to be with Aquino are Department of Transportation and Communication Secretary Mar Roxas, who is the president of LP, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and Senator Franklin Drilon. Lawyer Bambi Depasucat of the LP Secretariat said 11 mayors from the province will take their oath as new members of the LP. Some of them are are Araceli Somosa of Calatrava, Marxlen dela Cruz of Don Salvador, Rafael Cueva of Sagay City, Patrick Escalante of Cadiz City, Jechonias Manzano of Candoni, Francisco Nazareno of Moises Padilla, Francis Malabor of Isabela, Eric Saratan of Talisay City, Lourdes Escalante of Manapla. Benitez confirmed that Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol, LP’s candidate in the special elections at the fifth district, will also take his oath. Vice mayors who will also swear in to LP include Santiago Maravillas of Escalante City, Kent Javelosa of Sagay City, Samson Mirhan of Cadiz City, Edgar Pagayunan of Manapla, Niel Lizarez of Talisay City, Abner Jardinico of San Enrique, Felix Feria of La Castellana, Cipriano Remo of Moises Padilla, Omar Gayares of Isabela, Ma. Gina Lizarez of Sipalay City and Janet Cubid of Hinobaan. Depasucat also said 28 politicians and businessmen will officially join LP today, including incumbent councilors Sonia Verdeflor, Archie Baribar, Elcid Familiaran and Elmer Sy. Former Councilors Ana Marie Palermo, lawyer Lyndon Cana, Jocelle Batapa-Segue and Celia Flor will also swear in to the party. The businessmen will be lead by Frank Carbon, President of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) who is also the Bacolod City chair of LP, lawyer Ben Ortega of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Butch Ebreo of the Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC), Barangay Captains Anjoe Aiko and Madelen Diaz, among others. “There will be more than 60 of the new members taking oath today,” Benitez said. The LP convention started Friday with Representative Erin Tañada, who administered the oath for LP’s new members from Iloilo and other provinces in Panay. “We expect more new members in the coming days. More have already signified to join. We don’t pressure them to join LP. It’s their own and personal judgment if they want to join the party for so long as it would not affect our local party, the United Negros Alliance,” Benitez said. Benitez also confirmed that he is seeking reelection in the 2013 elections. He said that he would like to assure the people of his district of good performance. He also said Aquino’s visit will be a big boost for the LP in the province. “I personally invited the president and I am happy that he is coming. It’s a big event and big thing for the province,” Benitez said. More than 120 Presidential Security Group personnel are detailed for the president’s arrival aside from the local police and military personnel. Benitez said he also plans to invite the President to come again to the province for the inauguration of the Bacolod-Silay airport access road completion in April 2013. The construction of the 11-kilometer access road is ongoing, he added. Teresa Ellera Sun Star Bacolod
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