Committing themselves to the seven virtues for good governance, “The Magnificent Seven” led by former vice mayor, lawyer Renecito Novero, yesterday filed their Certificate of Candidacy with the Commission on Elections in Bacolod City.
Running for vice mayor as an independent candidate, Novero said of his group: “We vowed to commit the seven virtues such as simplicity, integrity, sincerity, transparency, honesty, accountability, and trust to the people of Bacolod.” With Novero as councilorables are incumbents El Cid Familiaran, Archie Baribar, Sonya Verdeflor, and Elmer Sy; businessman Robert Coscolluela, and former Barangay 40 Captain Hermilo Lizares. “The fundamental reason why I stand to join in this group because personally I believe that they can walk and run along with me for the good governance on managing the people of Bacolod and its resources,” Novero said. He added that he chose to run as independent on the belief that the people will choose him, not because of what party affiliation he belongs to, but “they will evaluate me in my conviction, sincerity that I can offer the best service to the people of Bacolod.” As of this time, Novero admitted they don’t have a congressman and mayor to support, but that, “it could be possible at the trail of the campaign period we will be going to support the candidates that we believe stand with our vision and principle.” Confident that they will rebirth the political system in Bacolod City, Novero further said: “We have one vision, principle and conviction in the public service.” Familiaran, Baribar, Verdeflor and Sy jointly said they joined the group of Novero because they believe in the capacity, hard work and determination of the former vice mayor. Coscolluela and Lizares, for their part, said that since both of them would be first-time councilors if elected, they want to ensure they are with the right affiliation that gives much priority to the people of Bacolod. LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE According to the former vice mayor, the selection or the qualification for vice mayor should be based on legislative experience. “As far as I know all the vice mayors had started being a councilor.” He said his experience as a three-term councilor and three years of service as vice mayor of Bacolod had motivated him to continue his service as vice mayor. If he wins in the 2013 elections, Novero said he will give priority to the main concern of the people especially on peace and order, housing, traffic management, as well as business and employment renovation. “We believe that the Seven Magnificent virtues of the group will lead us to the renaissance of the city of Bacolod,” he stressed. Novero urged the people to try and give the group a chance to continue their public service to the city, as he vowed to do their “utmost capacity that we will prove to people the trust in governance.”/WDJ Watchmen Daily Journal
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