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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Friday, November 10, 2017
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BACOLOD City – Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. plans to hold another public hearing on House Bill No. 5875, which seeks to declare June 18 of every year as the Bacolod City Charter Day and make it a special nonworking public holiday in the city.
Rep. Greg Gasataya authored the bill still pending approval at the House of Representatives.
Gamboa held a public hearing on the measure yesterday. But other councilors questioned the validity of the event.
Cindy Rojas and Em Ang told Panay News the public hearing was not sanctioned by the city council – there was no correspondence allowing Gamboa to hold the hearing.
Dindo Ramos, on the other hand, told this reporter that public hearing might not be “official” as “there must first be a legislation or official correspondence” before any such activity may be conducted.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed a resolution supporting the bill but Gamboa said he did not vote for it. “I was out of the session hall.”
Gamboa, chairman of the history, culture and arts committee, said he held the public hearing to be “enlightened.”
Historian and columnist Modesto Sa-onoy and several other members of a historical council in the city were present. Gamboa described the hearing as “very enlightening and informative.”
He will have no stand on the bill until legal and historical issues surrounding it are resolved, said Gamboa. He will further seek opinion from lawyers, possibly from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, he added.
Gamboa did not say when he plans to hold the next public hearing. He hopes to submit a report to Congress before the bill gets approved, he said./PN
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