BACOLOD City – Bacolod City Rep. Evelio Leonardia called the renaming of Bacolod Government Center into People's House of the City of Bacolod “hypocritical”.
“It is a hypocritical move from someone who tried to sabotage its construction in the first place,” he said. The BGC was constructed during Leonardia’s last term as mayor. Leonardia’s successor Mayor Monico Puentevella announced the move to change BGC’s name to People’s House last month during his “Lamesa ni Mayor” program. Both city officials were present during the 78th Induction Ceremony of the Negros Press Club last Saturday. The two were both past presidents of the organization. Leonardia arrived earlier and sat down at the presidential table while Puentevella, who arrived later, chose to sit at the back with other guests. Leonardia scored the mayor’s move and said it was “a waste of precious official time and energies”. Even as Bacolod struggles with the successive tragedies caused by fires, he said Puentevella has not forgotten to mobilize the city council to rename the government center “for shallow and inappropriate reasons.” Leonardia stressed that the BGC has always belonged to the people, built on the vision of a modern, dynamic and prosperous city. “To rename it PHOBC repositions it differently, and creates confusion as to what it stands for and how it was built,” the solon said. Leonardia also recalled what he claimed was the Puentevella’s efforts to stop the BGC construction. “We will not forget Puentevella’s shameless efforts at delaying and stopping the construction of the Bacolod Government Center; the records of the many cases he and his henchmen filed against me for building the BGC. All these cases, however, have all been dismissed.” “Bacolod Government Center was the name that came about naturally and spontaneously from the people themselves, backed up by Local Government Code,” he stressed. In the hearts of our people, who sacrificed with me just so we can have a government building we can be proud of, the authentic name Bacolod Government Center is already enshrined, he stressed. “No one, not even the mayor, is going to take that away from them,” the Bacolod solon said. Earlier the majority block in the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod who are allied with Puentevella, approved on first reading the ordinance “Naming the public building known as the Bacolod City Government Center as the People's House of the City of Bacolod.” The ordinance is being proposed by Councilors Archie Baribar, El Cid Familiaran, Wilson Gamboa, Ana Marie Palermo, Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Sonya Verdeflor, Claudio Puentevella and Noli Villarosa. By: Dolly Yasa The Daily Guardian
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