THE stall awarded to acting Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran at the Manokan Country has raised the eyebrow of vice mayoral candidate Vladimir Gonzales of Magbinuligay Kita para sa Kauswagan (MKK) Partido Bacolod. Gonzales questioned the acquisition of the stall by the acting vice mayor allegedly at a 50-percent discount. “How did he acquire the stall at 50 percent lower than the bid price that most awardees posted?” Gonzales asked during a press conference yesterday together with partymates former Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and former Councilor Homer Bais. Familiaran, Gonzales said, operates the Nicolo’s Resto Grill after he became an awardee of Stall No. 23 on March 23, 2006 during the time of former Mayor and now Bacolod Lone District Representative Evelio ‘Bing’ Leonardia. Gonzales urged Familiaran to give up his interest at the Manokan Country, especially now that he is the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). “If that happened to me, I would have divested my interest in that stall at Manokan Country,” Gonzales added. Familiaran said, however, that conflict of interest is not attendant in his acquisition of the stall at the Manokan Country. He recalled that he acquired the stall through a bidding in 2006, which was also approved by the Market Committee composed of former City Administrator Lorendo Dilag, the late lawyer Allan Zamora, and the City Treasurer during that time. “It was even ratified by the SP,” Familiaran said. Familiaran also stressed that there was no special treatment in the acquisition of the stall because he was even with the opposition in 2006 when it was granted to him by the SP. Nonetheless, he said he is willing to pay a higher rental fee if necessary, even if he only rented the lot and personally financed the construction of the structure. There are 26 stall awardees at Manokan Country and only four awardees, including Familiaran, have complied with the Mayor’s permit./WDJ By Glazyl Jane Marie Y. Masculino
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