By Mortz C. Ortigoza
Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D.
Parayno vehemently denied to this writer that she did not invite Vice Mayor Mark Stephen de
Venecia Mejia, Councilors Juvy Frialde (my student in college), Christopher
Romero and Joel Meneses on her crowd filled State of the Municipality Address
(SOMA) held at the Public Auditorium in November 30.
It coincided with the Herzoner natal day.
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| MANGALDAN Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno (left photo and clockwise), Vice Mayor Mark Stephen D.V. Mejia and Councilor Joel Meneses. |
“Hindi toto
iyan! Rose pakidala mo dito iyong mga signatures ng nakatanggap ng invitation natin,” she ordered
Dr. Rose Ramirez – Hulipas – the Cooperative Officer and her speech writer.
On the list of the luminaries from the
Sangguniang Bayan (lawmaking body headed by Mejia), those who were invited to
the significant event were of Mejia, Frialde, Romero and Meneses and
the corresponding signatures of those who received the invitation and their
respective dates.
These four have been seen by the
media as opposition to the Parayno Administration.
The non-invitation brouhaha of
these folks cropped up when I bumped into a staff of Vice Mayor Mejia who told
me that those people were not invited by Parayno.
“Bakit wala sila Vice Mayor at tatlong Councilors noong SOMA,” I
posed to him.
“Hindi sila inimbita Mayor,” he told me in the vernacular.
The SOMA that was jam-packed with
the local officialdom, private luminaries, the Kapitans – that included the
newly elected – on their immaculate white barongs -, and folks from the 30 villages.
Governor Ramon “Monmon” Guico, Jr
was the lone official from the provincial government that attended the shindig.
Photo below is the list of those invited in the lawmaking body to the Mangaldan SOMA and the corresponding signatures of those who received the invitation:
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