Seasoned Mayor Calls Voters to Wisely Elect Brgy. Leaders

 BE WARY OF INCOMPETENT, OPPORTUNISTIC BETS

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

MANGATAREM, Pangasinan – The exiting mayor of this flourishing landlocked town in Pangasinan exhorted voters in the October 30 barangay (village) election to elect responsible village chief and council members.

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“Hindi lang iyang nandiyan lang nakaupo pinapabayaan na lahat. So, kailangan tayo mamili. Hindi porke nagbigay ng pera iyon iyon na iyan dahil matagal inaabot ng limang taon ang barangay kapitan. Limang taon na magtitiis kayo,” Mayor Ramil “Balong” P. Ventenilla told Northern Watch Newspaper about the incompetence of these officials who won their election through vote buying and enjoy serving their three year’s term in office that is extended by Congress to another two years.

He called voters to choose candidates who have “malasakit at nakakatulong sa inyo sa bawat oras” and those who would not put their constituents in the harm's way.

The seven years serving mayor reminded the people of his town that he would continue to excel on his job as the Chief Executive of the local government despite he got only two years left on his last term.

“Well, sa ating mga kababayan kahit dalawang taon na lang ang naiwan sa ating termino asahan niyong mas pagbubutihin pag i-igtingin ko pa ang trabaho para mapaunlad at mapaganda ang sitwasyon ng ating bayan lalong lalo na ang inyong kabuhayan”.

 Ventenilla disclosed he would no longer seeks any political elective position after ending his term on June 30, 2025. He said he would return to his passion farming in this 86 villages’ first class town.

This more than 80, 000 population town is the rice granary of Pangasinan because it has the biggest land areas in the province.

Mangatarem’s public market draws not only the local residents but also people of various persuasions from the adjoining towns of Urbiztondo, Aguilar, and San Clemente, Tarlac, especially on weekends. This is one of the reasons that major commercial establishments in Pangasinan and the country put shops here.