By Mortz C. Ortigoza
BUGALLON – The political cauldron brews wildly this early here several
months before the mayoral election when one of the candidates announced to
media men that in case he will lose the poll he will kill himself.
“Manood kayo mga Espino! Subukan
ninyong lumaban ng parehas sa election. Huwag kayong gagamit ng pera at
magpakamatay ako pag manalo kayo. Iyan ang hamon ko sa mga Espino. Subukan ninyong lumaban sa
pulitika na hindi gagamit ng pera at pag tinalo ninyo ako itong election na ito pagkatapos
ng election magbibigti ako,“ the livid former
mayor Rodrigo Orduña emphatically told the amused reporters who
attended the press conference he and his village chief brother called after law
enforcers raided a multi-billion pesos
illegal cigarette factory here.
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REFUTE - Bugallon, Pangasinan former mayor Ric Orduña (left front row) and
his older brother Portic, Bugallon Barangay Chairman Bert Orduña in a
press conference they called this month held at the Portic Barangay Hall. The
Orduna siblings refuted the earlier media pronouncements of their bitter
political nemesis the Espinos who said that the chairman gave Danilo Calugay the
permit to operate the C.L Factory as piggery two years ago. In November 28
joint operatives of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the National Bureau of
Investigation swooped in a lightning dusk raid the piggery cum billion of pesos
illegal manufacturer of cigarettes like Marlboro, Winston, Mighty, and others.
Both the Orduñas declared that a village chief could not give a permit
since it only endorsed the piggery through a barangay resolution for the
Department of Environment & Natural Resources and its environmental
compliance certificate (ECC) and for Bugallon Mayor Jumel Espino to approve it
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The former mayor, who is pitted with Priscilla I. Espino, smarted when he
declared to reporters that Espino’s husband Fifth District Congressman Amado T.
Espino, Jr. told media men in a press conference held at the municipal hall
that Village Chief Edilberto Orduña had been beaten if his son this town mayor
Jumel intervened in the May 14, 2018 Barangay Election.
“Bakit si Jumel Espino ganoon na
ka ano sa bayan ng Bugallon kung sasabihin niyang mananalo ay mananalo sa eleksiyon? Kung sarili nga nila hindi sila mananalo kung hindi sila gagamit ng pera, e!”.
The former mayor cited that his brother won the last two village elections. His last opponent was the brother of the beleaguered Dong Calugay. The latter was the target person on the
mission order of the Bureau Internal Revenue for the BIR and the National
Bureau of Investigation to raid and seize last November 28 the fake cigarettes
and paraphernalia in the factory.
Moreover, Barangay Portic Chairman Orduña denied to the media men that he was
handicapped due to a stroke as painted by his opponent.
He told reporters that he was physically fit as seen by them.
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