By Mortz C. Ortigoza
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan – The exiting almost six years’
billionaire-mayor here declared his bowing-out of politics in the Miting de Avance’ of his young actress-wife
by dangling up to P1.5 million reward to one of the 77 villages here that could
give 18-0 votes to his party and his spouse’s opponent’s national and local
candidates.
“Meron tayong gantimpala sa barangay na magbibigay ng 18-0 mula sa P600, 000 hangang P1, 450,000 depende sa laki ng inyong barangay. Mayo Diyes puede ninyo ng kulektahin. At sinabi ko doon sa mga Barangay Captains 10% ng gantimpala para sa barangay, 90% hati-hatiin ninyo lahat para pagdating ng Mayo Diyes meron na naman kayong pandagdag pang ayuda,” he told the applauding and cheering thousands of supporters who attend the band backed hoopla of his wife’s party held in the plaza here around nine o’clock in the evening last Friday.
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| HIZZONER. Exiting Bayambang Billionaire-Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao speaks before his thousands of supporters during the Miting de Avance' held of his actress-mayoralty candidate wife Niña Jose-Quiambao (second from right seated on the first row) held recently at the town's plaza. PHOTO MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA |
The 18 candidates of Mayor Quiambao are Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr and Sara Duterte for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively, of the UNITEAM, Abono Partylist, Maria Rachel Arenas for the 3rd District Congressional seat, 5th District Cong. Ramon “Monmon” Guico, III and Vice Gov. Mark Lambino for the governorship and vice governorship of Pangasinan of the opposition party, two candidates for the provincial board of the 3rd District, Mary Clare Phyllis “Niña” Jose-Quiambao and IC Sabangan for the mayorship and vice mayorship, respectively, of this robust town, and the eight candidates for the lawmaking body.
The pronouncement of Quiambao – whose family owned the
nationally renowned Stradom (IT Solution
for Real Change) and Land Registration Systems - debunked the outrageous tale among
several individuals that the zero votes in the 2019 election to his party’s opponents like perennial
mayoralty rival former Mayor Ric Camacho and Governor Amado Espino, III – the son
of his high school classmate the former governor and with the same namesake – were victim
of manipulation of the internet backed election machine when they got zero
votes in some villages here.
During the filing of candidacy of his wife, Mayor Quiambao in the Event Center here told his supporters - who were later joined by the party of governorship and vice governorship candidates Guico and Lambino, respectively – that he would be joining the private sector again and ventures in a $1 billion or P50 billion investment for a power plant in Benguet Province. He said that he needs to continue remitting hundreds of millions of pesos for the town especially his P5 billion bamboo project that could generate more jobs for the people here.
"Malaki po ang aking hinaharap. Malaki po ang gusto kong mangyari sa mga negosyo ng aming pamilya. Kapag ito po ay nagtagumpay, maniwala kayo, sampung libong hektarya ang aking patataniman sa susunod na tatlong taon. Kailangang ko ang maraming panahong iyon at kailangan ang malaking pondo. Mahigit limang bilyon (pesos) ang kailangang kapital para matapos ang aking panaginip sa programa ng kawayan".
One of the gargantuan projects that came from the private fund of the billionaire-mayor is the colossal St. Vincent Ferrer Statue. The P250 million statue was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the tallest bamboo sculpture in the world.
During the six years stint of Mayor Quiambao, this first class town benefited on the more than hundred of million of pesos taxes yearly derived from the family controlled corporations.
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