P’nan Guv Hits Espinos’ Lawyer; Endorses Bataoil

 By Mortz C. Ortigoza 

BAYAMBANG – Pangasinan Governor Ramon “Mon-Mon” Guico, III told members of the legislative bodies of the five municipalities and a city in the 3^rd Congressional District of the province that he was to interfere that an ally and lawyer of his political nemesis former governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. could not be elected in the League of the Vice Mayors of the Philippines – Pangasinan Chapter (LVMP-PC).

“Basta papayagan na lang namin na siya ang mamuno ng Vice Mayors League? Ano naman po ang hitsura namin? Hindi namin pinaglaban ang aming imahi at ang aming dignity,” the Governor said on Laoac Vice Mayor Nelson Gayo as seen on the video sent to this newspaper by its columnist Arnel Montemayor.

NEW POLITICAL ALLIES Pangasinan Governor Ramon “Mon-Mon” Guico, III (left) and capital town’s Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil. The former police three-star general is the presidential bet of the new governor for the election in August of the League of Mayors of the Philippines – Pangasinan Chapter (LMP-PC).

“Sabi ko kailangan maki-alam kami”.

Guico narrated his gripes to the councilors on Gayo when the latter wrote letters to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislative body) not to issue an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) and approved a Resolution from his flagship project’s special economic zone (SEZ) that could generate tens of thousands of jobs in his former congressional district in eastern Pangasinan.

“So nagtayo po ako sa aking bayan ng Binalonan ng twenty six hectares at nadala ko ang Sumitomo pero Oposisyon sumulat sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan at sumulat sa DENR na huwag bigyan ng ECC huwag bigyan ng kung ano ano pa. At sabi sa Sanggunian huwag bigyan ng permit that to be granted by the province. Sino po ang sumulat ngayon? Si Vice Mayor Nelson Gayo ng Laoac”.

The Governor reminded the lawmakers of the 3rd District that while he beat by more than 188,000 lead votes the then six years sitting Governor Amado “Pogi” Espino, III, Gayo joined the press conference of the defeated governor’s father and namesake who told the public that Guico’s party cheated his son.

Even then acting President Gayo’s LVMP-PC media liaison Renato “Atong” Remogat did not escape the ire of the Governor.

He called Remogat as pesky in the LVMP-PC election now headed by Mangaldan Vice Mayor Mark Stephen Mejia.

“Pero nanggugulo iyang guwapong diyaryong media niya Atong Remogat ba iyon? Iyong makinis iyong mukha nangingi-alam nanggugulo ulit iyong gustong magkapera nanggugulo,” Guico ridiculed the bronzed skin and potholes' face Remogat that brought guffaw among the crowd.

Remogat earlier bylined two news articles in this newspaper titled: VM Gayo Bats more VMLP Advocacies and Ex-Guv Espino, P’nan Dads Support Perez for PCL Election.

Mestiso iyon hahaha!” he chuckled on his sarcasm to the reporter before the attendees and other guests like his special adviser Cezar T. Quiambao and Congressmen Art Celeste and Mark Cojuangco.

MEANWHILE, Governor Guico will support the reelection bid of Lingayen Mayor Leopoldo Bataoil for the presidency of the League of Mayors of the Philippines – Pangasinan Chapter (LMP-PC), he told members of the legislative bodies of the municipalities of the towns of Calasiao, Mapandan, Sta. Barbara, Malasiqui, and Bayambang and the city of San Carlos in Pangasinan.

Guico said that in the last election Bataoil showed fairness in allowing his party to do their campaign sorties in the capital town.

“Unang una last election hindi naman po siya hostile fair and square lang. Alam ni Congressman Mark (Cojuangco). Sports lang professional".

He wanted Bataoil to win the presidency of the LMP-PC in the election in August this year.

The governor recalled that after he was elected the governor of the forty-four towns and three cities’ province, Bataoil met him and showed his master plan of his 32 villages’ town.

When the presidency of the LMP was discussed on that meeting, Bataoil, a former police three –star general, retorted to the provincial chief executive he would not decline the offer to retain his post in the League.

“First instance nag usap kami (Bataoil). Pinakita niya ang master plan ng Lingayen. Sabi niya: “Hindi ko naman hinihingi pero hindi ko naman kayo (tatangihan),” on the acquiescence of the Mayor to head again the LMP in the gargantuan province.