By Mortz C. Ortigoza
BASISTA, Pangasinan – The reelectionist mayor here lauded Senator Bong Go for interceding with the national government for the P10 million refurbishment of the various offices of the municipal hall.
The newly classified third class town was a recipient last year of the sum for the construction of the ground and second floor offices here, according to Mayor Jolly "J.R" R. Resuello. They are ongoing as of press time.
The municipal hall was constructed in 1988 and completed in 1992 during the administration of then Mayor Conrado G. de Guzman.
The former barrio of San Carlos City -- whose present mayor is the older brother of the chief executive here -- was once the biggest and one of the progressive villages located in the far south of the former mother town.
As early of1918, influential and prominent citizens of the then barrio of Basista came
together and initiated an attempt to petition the municipal government of San
Carlos and the provincial lawmaking body of Pangasinan to grant the status
of township for the present town. Prominent politicians during that time volunteered
their help in making representations with the proper authorities, but their
request was not granted.
On September
5, 1961, President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order No. 446,
creating a town here through the petition of the voters of 13 out of the 28
barrios of San Carlos. Four years after, however, the Philippines Supreme
Court declared the creation of Basista as being without legal basis,
citing their ruling in the “Emmanuel Pelaez vs. Auditor General"
that "municipalities created under Executive Orders are void". It was
here that Republic Act No. 4866 -- filed by Pangasinan 2nd District
Congressman Jack L. Soriano -- was enacted into law and legally created
Basista as a town of the huge province of Pangasinan.
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