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GOV. ERICO B. AUMENTADO
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April 7, 2010

SULAT BINUKSAN

Minahal ko nga igsoong Bol-anon:

Sa dakung pagpaubos, tugoti ako nga mosulat kaninyo aron inyong masayran nga isip LAKAS- KAMPI-CMD regional chairman, ako ang minominar ni Cong. Edgar Chatto nga kandidato opisyal sa partido para gobernador.

Apan, sa dakung kasubo, isibog ko ang akong pagsuporta kaniya og labanan ko si Bise-Gobernador Julius Caesar Herrera pagka gobernador ubos sa Grand Alliance for Bohol’s Sustainable Development, tungod niining mga mosunod nga mga katarungan.

1.   Si Chatto usa ka mabudhion nga higala ug alyado

Sa eleksyon sa 2004 human siya mobiya sa LDP ug mitipon sa LAKAS-NUCD-UMDP nga ubos sa akong liderato, iya akong gibinuangan sa lungsod sa Balilihan ug primero distrito. Napildi ako sa Balilihan ug sa iyang kaugalingong presinto, ingon man sa primero distrito nga kontrolado niya pag-ayo, hapit mo 19,000 botos. Maayo gani nga midaug ako og hapit 19,000 botos usab sa tersiro distrito og mga 53,000 botos sa Segundo distrito. Hinungdan nga naglayag ako sa mayoriya nga 54,000 botos sa tibuok Bohol.

Kahinumduman nga sa tuig sa 2001 midaug ako ug 54 botos sa primero distrito og 39,500 sa tibuok lalawigan sa Bohol bisan pa sila Chatto, Herrera, Kag. Inday Lim, Cong. Jala, Bokal Abapo, Gob. Relampagos, duha ka senador ug uban pa nga mga dagkung lider sa LDP milaban sa akong kaatbang.

Bisan nasakpan si Chatto sa usa ka opisyal sa Malacanang nga nakadungog sa iyang order nga pildihon ako og dyutay sa Balilihan, wala ako gani mangayo ug explinasyon kaniya ngano nga gibuhat man niya ang pag luib kanako tungod kay mi respeto ako sa iyang pagkatao ug buot ko kuhaon kaniya ang suportang kinasing kasing sa akong tinguha sa pagpauswag sa lalawigang Bol-anon.

Ang kagubot sa pag rebokar sa akong Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance ( CONA ) sa 11:40 sa kagabii niadtong Disyembre 1, 2009 â€" ang pabilo sa pagkaguliyang sa LAKAS-CMD dinhi sa Bohol karon â€" nahitabo tungod sa pagka mabudhion ni Chatto ug ni Cajes kinsa naghimo sa mga black propaganda batok nako nga dili ako kuno mosuporta ni Sec. Gibo Teodoro pagka presidente kay suod ako nga higala ni Sen. Manny Villar sanglit sa pagka speaker ni Villar, ako man napili nga deputy speaker sa Camara de Representante.

Ang gipasanginlan ni Chatto ug Cajes mao ang mga dagku sa LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD. Gani wala kuno sila saknaa sa desisyon pag rebokar sa akong CONA. Apan, nasakpan nga namakak si Chatto ug Cajes kay sa interview nga gihimo ni Chito Visarra ni Sec. Gen. Francis Manglapus, ang naulahi misulti nga walay specific nga ebidensya batok ni Gob. Aumentado nga kini” committed an act inimical to the interest of the party”. Hinuon midugang pa si Manglapus sa samang interview nga nag hukas sa ilang maskara, nga kanunay may konsultasyon nga gihimo ang mga lider sa partido sa aksiyon batok kanako nila ni Cajes ug Chatto.

Sa tinud-anay, nangayo og pasaylo si Sec. Gibo Teodoro, si Gob. Migs Domiguez ug Manglapus sa nahitabo kanako kay sila napatuo ni Cajes ug Chatto. Akong gidawat sa kinasingkasing ang ilang apolohiya ug nagpakita ako sa makusganong pagsuporta ni Gibo Teodoro pagka presidente.

Usa ka higala namong duha ni Chatto mi warning nga pabantayan si congressman kay usa kini ka “ smilling assassin” kay siya mismo biktima ni Chatto usa ka higayon niana.

Ang nakadugang kasakit sa pagluib ni Chatto ug Cajes kanako mao ang pagtabon niini pinaagi sa usa ka unity mass didto sa Cathedral ni San Jose, unity dinner, ug unity raising of hands sama sa proclamation photo session didto sa COMELEC supervisor’s office niadtong Disyembre 1, 2009.

2.   Si Chatto usa ka smiling saboteur, mapahiyumong mosabotahi, kon pagbuhat sa ingon makahatag og pabor kaniya.

Sa tuig 2001, Ang Relampagos-Chatto administration nakadawat og ayuda nga P125 milyones para aning mga mosunod nga mga proyekto:

A. Improvement of Catigbian-Sagbayan Road;
B. Repair/Rehabilitation and Improvement of Corella-Balilihan provincial road;
C.Rehabilitation of Cahayag (Tubigon)- Banlasan- Cabanugan (San Isidro)- Libertad (Tubigon) road, ug
D Improvement (Concrete Paving of Jct. (National Road)- Carmen- Villahermoso provincial road with 3 bridges.
Gipangayo sa maong administration nga ang Provincial Engineers Office maoy mo implemintar sa naasoyng proyecto. Apan sa pagka pildi ni Gob. Relampagos, gipalusot ni Chatto isip bise gobernador ug presiding officer ang usa ka “midnight” resolution no. 2001-283 nga nag terminar sa MOA tali sa provincial government ug DPWH aron ang DPWH mao nay mo implemintar sa proyekto. Ang resolusyon gi aprobahan sa SP session sa Hunyo 29, 2001. Pagka ugma sa joint namo nga inagurasyon, Hunyo 30, si Chatto mipasalig pa nga mapahiyumon sa iyang diskurso nga mosuporta sa maayong mga proyekto sa provincial government ubos sa Aumentado administration.

Apan diay iya nang gimaniubra nga ang kapin sa P125 milyones nga proyekto aron siya nay mopa implementer isip kongresista sa premiro distrito. Maayo unta og gitarong pa pag implemintar sa mga proyekto nga gawas nga mahal, substandard pa kaayo ang pag implemintar sama sa Joaminal project sa Catigbian- Sagbayan Road ug uban pa.

Isip vice-chairman nako sa Panglao Island Tourism Estate Inter-Agency Task Force, si Chatto sa matag miting mahitungod sa Panglao Bohol International Development Project makusganon nga misuporta ni Pres. Arroyo ug nako aron madali pag implimentar ang airport. Apan sa dihang e-bidding na sa Manila International Airport Authority, ang project implementor, ang Panglao airport kanunay siya ang manawag sa mga dagku sa MIAA aron hangyuon nga ipalangan ang bidding ug award niini hangtud siya nay molingkod pagka gobernador sa tuyo nga siyay mahatagan ug kredito nga maoy nakapa implemintar sa maong airport. Pagkahakog, dawo ug credit grabber diay siya!

3.    Mga Proyekto ni Chatto mga substandard ug kwestiyonable.
   
   Gikasubo ko nga mag sud-ong sa mga proyekto ni Chatto sa primero distrito labi na sa  Panglao Island, nga kung dili man substandard kay walay foundation nga maayo ug daling nangliki ug nanga ampao, matod ni mayor Benedicto Alcala, mga mahal pa gayud pag ayo. Layo ra ang iyang mga concgreting sa nahimo sa CM Pancho Construction ug Hanjin sa Bohol Circumferential Road Project Phase 2, nga gikan sa Candijay ngadto  sa Valencia ug Valencia- Tagbilaran- Calape diin hanoy ug international standard ang construction niini ug mas ubos pa ang presyo pag ayo matag kilometro nga sementadong dalan kung itandi sa high way concreting projects sa congressman sa Panglao, Corella, Sikatuna, Macaas-Balilihan road ug Catigbian-Sagbayan road. Ang asphalting project niya sa Panglao Circumferential Road dali ra mi scaling, discoloration, ning spider web cracks ug sigeng tabunan ug asphalt overlay kay daling maguba ug mahal pa gayud. Layo ra ang kalidad niini sa asphalting sa provincial government sa Tinago-Dao road sa Dauis ug asphalting sa Poblacion â€"Doljo road sa Panglao nga mas barato pag-ayo nga gikontrato sa usa ka Bohol-based contractor nga adunay computerized batching plant sa Baclayon para sa maayong kalidad ug pagkaluto ang asphalto nga gigamit alang sa provincial road.

   Si Chatto usab, gikasubo ko, nga nahilambigit siya sa “computer scam” nga matud pa sa taho daling nangaguba bisan tag P170,000 kuno ang pagpalit sa matag usa niini nga matud pa ang total nga napalit mikabat og P19 milyones. Gikasubo ko ang report sa media nga dali ra kuno nangaguba ang mahal nga computer nga dili kini branded sama sa giapod-apod didto sa segundo distrito sa representante sa maong dapit. Pareho ra diay sila “Birds of the same feathers flock together.”

   Bisan sa akong pagsibug sa suporta ni Chatto nga sukad pa nga gibinuangan ako sa akong CONA kanunay na nga nag uban sa kampanya ni Cong. Cajes, ipadayon ko ang akong pagsuporta ni No. 1 bar topnotcher Gibo Teodoro, sa iyang mga senador ug mga kandidato pagka kagawad sa Sangguniang lalawigan ubos sa LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD kay sila wala man nangampanya pabor ni Chatto dinhi sa Bohol gawas pa sila, sama kanako mga official candidate usab sa LAKAS- KAMPI-CMD.

   Suportahan ko usab ang mga kandidato opisyal sa LAKAS-KAMPI-CMD gawas pagka mayor sa mga lungsod sa Trinidad, San Miguel ug ubang mga lungsod nga milaban sa akong kaatbang nga independente pagka congresswoman.

   Gipili ko si Bise Gobernador Julius Caesar Herrera nga suportahan pagka gobernador ug Atty. Tomas Abapo pagka bise gobernador tungod kay sila matinud-anon nga mga alyado ug higala. Sila maantigo mo ila ug utang kabubut-on ingon man sinsero sa ilang mga saad sa katawhan ug kanako. Pareho usab ang among tumong ang sustainable nga development sa atong pinanggang Bohol

Palihog uban kamo kanako sa akong tinguha nga mapadayon nato ang makusog ug makanunayong nga pag-uswag sa Bohol nga atong gipondar sukad sa akong pagka representante sa Segundo distrito ug unya gobernador karon sa lalawigang Bol-anon. Daghang salamat sa inyong pagtagad.




Maalagaron kanunay,


SGD. ERICO B. AUMENTADO

Lakas Bohol under Cong. Edgardo M. Chatto

Finally we have the answer to the question most people are asking: what is the problem of Lakas-Bohol. The answer goes by the name of Cong. Edgardo Chatto.
   
   A very clever but obviously desperate statement which came out in the newspapers last Sunday confirmed what we had suspected all along. A Kangaroo Court is in place in Lakas-Bohol courtesy of Cong. Chatto. All of us who do not enjoy his blessings have all been accused, tried and sentenced. Just like that.

   Cong. Chatto again conveniently sidesteps the most obvious questions: why did he choose ex-Gov. Rene Relampagos over Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas? The letter sent to Gov. Erico Aumentado on November 24, 2009 proves that a decision was already reached on the coalition with the LDP and the choice of ex-Gov. Rene Relampagos. To this day, Cong. Chatto cannot show proof of any communication, meeting or any activity that deliberated on the coalition with the LDP and the Party choice for the First District Congressional candidate. Of course, there is nothing to show because THERE WAS NONE.

   As it turned, the Kangaroo Court of Cong. Chatto simply pieced together allegations and suspicions of disloyalty against those who are outside the cabal to justify the instant Lakas coalition with the LDP and the choice of ex-Gov. Relampagos as congressional bet. 

   The Kangaroo Court of Cong. Chatto was also behind the revocation of the CONA to Gov. Erico Aumentado. Again, the kangaroos conjured a “grand scheme of fielding two (2) slates”. If the kangaroos are so sure of the existence of such a grand scheme, why did they not convene the Party, announce the alleged scheme and conduct a fair trial where all parties, both accusers and accused, can present arguments and show proofs? Instead, no such trial took place because the Kangaroo Court had already arrived at a decision to just stab Gov. Aumentado in the back.

   Again, it was the Kangaroo Court of Cong. Chatto that was responsible for the unceremonious displacement of the loyal Party chairmen in the towns of Talibon, Getafe and Dagohoy.
   The claims of the Kangaroo Court on the reasons for the displacement are now moot and academic. Like the first two cases, there was no due process in their incarceration from the Party. Like the first two instances, the Kangaroo Court of Cong. Chatto simply raised accusations against Gov. Aumentado and the mayors, tried them in absentia without their knowledge and summarily sentenced them with virtual expulsion.

   The only thing honest in the statement, shamefully entitled “Be Honest”, was the biggest admission that it did not state categorically â€" the existence of a Kangaroo Court in Lakas-Bohol. On mere suspicion, a Party member can be accused of disloyalty and treachery and be immediately put to trial and sentenced to expulsion even before you are even informed of the charges.

   The only time you will know about it is when the judgment has been served â€" the CONA to ex-Gov. Relampagos in the case of Mayor Salinas; the revocation of the CONA in the case of Gov. Aumentado; and the virtual expulsion in the case of Mayors Teresa Camacho of Getafe, Juanario Item of Talibon and Germinio Relampagos of Dagohoy.

   No one knew about these allegations against the parties concerned until we dared to speak out. After the treachery, betrayal and deception employed against us, the Kangaroo Court wants us to just suffer in silence. The moment we spoke out, we are demonized. Is this what has become of the Lakas in just a few months after the take-over of Cong. Chatto?

   Cong. Chatto vainly tries to extricate himself from the mess that befell Mayor Salinas, Gov. Aumentado and the Second District Mayors by accusing them of treason. Perhaps he forgot that his at first he feigned ignorance about what happened.

   First, he did not know anything about them. Now, he tells the victims they deserved it because they were unfaithful to the Party. He is either lying when he said he didn’t know about it or he is lying when he said they betrayed the Party. Cong. Chatto can say what he wants but either way he has not been honest.
   
   All these allegations of betrayal against the Party against anybody are worthless until such time that they are proven. Anybody can make allegations to suit their interest as this experience shows. The prudent and correct thing for a real leader to do should have been to invite all parties, both accusers and accused, to the proper body so the allegations can be discussed fairly. Only then can the trial progress, the decisions reached and the penalty decided. This is the way of democracy.

   For instance, Cong. Chatto and his inner circle have liberally accused Gov. Aumentado and us of treachery after we accused them of hypocrisy and treachery. It was therefore the responsibility of Cong. Chatto to put the house in order by employing the time-honored principles of fairness, transparency and due process. Instead, he first washed his hands before finally alleging that Gov. Aumentado and - all those who resented the betrayal of Mayor Salinas, Gov. Aumentado and the Second District Mayors were suspects and convicts on his mere say so.

   Unfortunately, democracy has no place in the Lakas under Cong. Chatto. It is now being ruled by a cabal that accuses anybody who is not one of them, imposes penalties to serve their purpose and finally besmirch their reputation if they complain.

   If there is one thing positive about this for us, it is the conclusion that there is no place for due process and a fair trial in the Lakas under Cong. Chatto. What is important is that any threat, imagined or real, to Cong. Chatto must be dealt with under his leadership â€" treacherous and quick.

   We are sad because the Lakas-Bohol that was painstakingly led by Gov. Aumentado for more than two decades is now gone. In its place is a cabal that pretends to be Lakas but in reality has accommodated the LDP, PDP and PMP without even the benefit of a formal communication to the rank and file about its existence.

   If unconfirmed reports are true, they are even negotiating with the Liberal Party of Sen. Noynoy Aquino for a mass defection of their faction. Only time will tell if it is true, but if it is, then all this is merely a prelude to that grand sell-out of Secretary Gibo Teodoro and the Lakas candidates. This is shameful opportunism.

   We are happy for Mayor Salinas because his election is assured even after the efforts of Cong. Chatto to put up a candidate against him. After eliminating Mayor Salinas from the congressional race, Cong. Chatto wanted to unseat him as mayor. 

   We are happy for Gov. Aumentado because he has become even more invincible due to the outpouring of sympathy for him for what he suffered. He was victimized twice. First, when his CONA was revoked, and second when his name was besmirched by those who plotted it. In spite of it, his victory is still secure.

   We are happy for the Second District Mayors who are all assured of victory by their constituents who have benefited from their incumbencies and all those who were scandalized by the treachery employed to boot them out of the Party.

   But we are also sad for all the Party members who will be victimized in the future. As the mayors who delivered 12-0 have realized, no one is safe anymore. What you did for the Party will not matter for the Kangaroo Court that exists only for Cong. Chatto and his cabal.

   Anybody who is suspected of disrespect to Cong. Chatto and his cabal will suffer the same fate. Again, if they can do this to Gov. Aumentado, they can do this to anybody. Cong. Chatto has asked the national Lakas hierarchy to expel us. If he is in control of the Provincial Chapter as he claims, why is crying to the National Officers to solve a problem of his own making? If we are guilty as charged, why is he afraid to give us a fair trial? Or is he again using national officials as the culprit so he can again wash his hands which is his usual response to problems?

   We are not afraid to face any fair and impartial body. If he wants to expel us, we dare him to go ahead. Of course, we would also exercise our right to similarly file our complaints against him. We will ask him to explain why his candidates, like Secretary Gibo Teodoro, Edu Manzano, Board Member Conching Lim, Mayor Baby Cajes and Vice Mayor Toto Veloso are faring poorly in surveys while he is on top.

   We want him to answer why he has accommodated the LDP, PDP, PMP to boost his gubernatorial campaign. Finally, we want him to tell the truth about his negotiations with the LP through Sen. Kiko Pangilinan. We dare him to publicly make a categorical statement either to confirm or deny this once and for all.

   We have declared that we will no longer support Cong. Chatto for governor. We allow him to outwit us once, shame on him. But if we allow him to outwit us again, shame on us. There is no question about that. The question which should be on everybody’s mind is this: who will be the next victim of the Kangaroo Court of Cong. Chatto?

 I agree..

A Position Paper Expressing Disillusionment Over Acts Inimical To the People of Bohol


The May 10, 2010 election is bringing out the worst in people. Over the last few months, we have witnessed the slow but unmistakable disintegration of the Lakas-Kampi as the dominant political party in the Province of Bohol. For the purpose of brevity, we will limit our focus to three major acts inimical to party interest.
It started with the unceremonious rejection of the congressional aspirations of our very own Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas for the First District. A faithful member of the Party who has contributed his share for the Lakas victories in the past, Mayor Salinas was left out in the cold to accommodate a non-party member who had been adversarial to the party interest in all previous elections.
This sent alarm signals to majority of the Party members not only because Mayor Salinas is the incumbent League of Municipalities of the Philippines Provincial President but also because there was no prior mention much less a consultation regarding a coalition with the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino whose candidate was summarily adopted by the Party in the First District.
The most widely publicized concern was the shameless manipulation that led to the revocation of the Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance issued to Gov. ERICO B. AUMENTADO for the Second Congressional District. The treachery was evident because the conspirators waited until the last minute for the filing of the certificate of candidacy on December 1, 2009 before they revealed the revocation. No amount of self-righteous assertions by the Party could justify the act of embarrassing the no. 1 Party member in the Province of Bohol and Regional Lakas Chairman at that.
The National Party leadership, on the basis of political intrigue, chose to issue the CONA to Trinidad Mayor Judith Cajes, wife of Cong. Roberto Cajes, over Gov. Aumentado who was largely responsible for leading Lakas to dominance in Bohol politics for three terms.
Granting for the sake of argument that Gov. Aumentado committed acts that made his loyalty suspicious, the party leadership nevertheless should have conducted a fair and impartial process to find out the truth.
Instead, responsible Party leaders relied mainly on information fed to them based only on supposed intelligence reports without giving Gov. Aumentado the opportunity to defend himself and depriving the party membership the opportunity to take part in the normal process. It is also worth considering that after the incident, Cong. Chatto distributed copies of a radio interview with Party Secretary-General Francis Manglapuz who declared that Cong. Chatto was not informed of the decision to revoke the CONA of Gov. Aumentado.
If what Secretary General Manglapuz said is true, it smacks of dictatorial practices which has no place in a Party sworn to uphold democratic principles of fairness and due process. If he had previous knowledge about it, then Cong. Chatto was lying through his teeth.   
While the CONA issued to Gov. Aumentado has been reaffirmed, the damage has been done. It has embarrassed not only Gov. Aumentado as far as his party loyalty is concerned, but also the Party rank and file which had been reduced to a virtual doormat that has no voice or say in Party affairs within its jurisdiction.
We always thought we joined a Party that is sensitive to the sentiments of its foot soldiers if not a strict adherent to the principle of participatory democracy. The swiftness in which an undefeated three-term governor was stripped of his rights sent fear down the line. If it can happen to Gov. Aumentado, it can happen to any of us.
It also makes us lament the fact that it seems that we can no longer tell the difference between otherwise honorable Party leaders who lead and live by the examples of honor and dignity and those who will stop at nothing to get what they want even if in doing so they throw all civility and decency to the dogs.
We watched these two events with sadness and frustration. Sadness because these could have been avoided if only the Party had been more sensitive and objective in going through the normal process of consultation before making decisions. Frustration because until this time, there has been no effort either to repair the damage that has been done or comfort the rank and file that these will not happen again in the future.
In fact, instead of mending fences, Cong. Chatto, his wife, Cong. Cajes, Mayor Cajes and Board Member Concepcion Lim, his vice-gubernatorial candidate, gather town officials and leaders to meetings where they bad-mouth Gov. Aumentado. They are actually dividing the Party right down the middle and pitting Lakas against Lakas.
The last straw that broke the camel’s back was the move of Cong. Roberto Cajes to field candidates against loyal Party members such as those in the towns of Talibon, Getafe and Dagohoy. This is the ultimate insult to Lakas members in these towns who had done their share for the Party in the previous elections.
In the case of Getafe, Dagohoy and Buenavista, Lakas delivered 12-0 votes in the 2007 elections, something that even the towns of Balilihan and Trinidad failed to do. It must be pointed out that Balilihan is the bailiwick of Cong. Chatto, proof of this was the uncontested candidacies of his mother for mayor and his cousin for vice mayor while the mayor of Trinidad is the wife of Cong. Cajes who wants to replace him.
This leads us to the inevitable question: is this what we get for being loyal to the Party all these years?
There is no justification for the act of Cong. Cajes to support candidates from other parties to challenge Lakas candidates in the Second District. It becomes even more scandalous if we consider that Mayor Cajes is now running as an independent since the CONA issued to her was revoked in favor of Gov. Aumentado. To support non-Lakas candidates against Lakas mayors just because the latter refuse to support Mayor Judith Cajes who is an independent congressional candidate is the height of absurdity.
In certain instances, the new Party leadership bastardized the party by fielding rival Lakas candidates which led to instances when there were two “official” Lakas candidates for the same position. With rivals within the Party, who needs enemies?
We were hoping that the national Lakas leadership will arbitrate the issue and resolve it in favor of Lakas party mates. We now realize that hope is pointless.
Even after the revocation of the CONA to Mayor Cajes, Gov. Aumentado continues to be the odd man out. Whenever they visit the Second District, the Lakas faction led by Cong. Chatto and Board Member Concepcion Lim endorse Mayor Cajes as the candidate for Congress.
Being Lakas officials, they are able to call for meetings with Party members in the Municipal and Barangay levels even without informing incumbent Lakas officials who happen to be identified with the rival faction. This is confusing to Lakas leaders and constituents because their worst attacks are made against Gov. Aumentado who was the face of Lakas for more than a decade.
During such meetings, they distribute cellular phones and kits to barangay captains, barangay health workers and other front liners leaving rival local officials helpless to do anything even when they endorse independent candidates for Congress, Mayor and other positions.
During one of the visits of former Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, the original Lakas mayors were virtually reduced to being observers as Cong. Chatto, Cong. Cajes and the handful Lakas members identified with their faction lorded it over.
This is too much.
Up to this point, our loyalty to the Party has been unquestioned. We were part of the Lakas machinery that gave a solid majority to Her Excellency Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2004. As pointed out earlier, many of us including the Municipal Chapters in Getafe, Dagohoy, Buenavista and Danao, all in the Second District, delivered 12-0 wins for the Lakas Senatorial ticket in the 2007 elections.
Our leader, Gov. Aumentado, was the leader of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines that vigorously supported Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when she was threatened by constitutional crises.
In spite of these and many other proofs of our loyalty, the Party continues to treat us with contempt. We are not consulted with Party decisions that affect our Province and our Municipalities and there are no signs they will do so in the future.
On the other hand, it is sheer hypocrisy to doubt the loyalty of Gov. Aumentado on the basis of his friendship with Sen. Manuel Villar. It is not enough to doubt his loyalty and sincerity to the Party.
For instance, in the case of the town of Balilihan, the bailiwick of Cong. Chatto, Gov. Aumentado lost to his opponent in the 2004 elections to ex-Gov. Rene Relampagos, the same candidate now summarily adopted for the First Congressional District at the instance of  Cong Chatto.
The question of loyalty to the Party was not raised then and after the results of the 2007 elections when Balilihan failed to deliver a 12-0 sweep even though both the mayor and the vice mayor, the mother and cousin respectively of Cong. Chatto, were uncontested in that election. No such question was also raised in Trinidad.
As if to rub salt on injury, we now have become second-class citizens in our own Party. Our candidate in the First District is from another party, who was arbitrarily chosen to the exclusion of our own party mate.
In the Second District, at least three (3) Lakas town party candidates are being seriously challenged by candidates from other parties who are supported by the outgoing Lakas congressman.
Cong. Cajes is supporting his wife who is running as an independent candidate for Congress - against our very own Lakas candidate in the person of Gov. Aumentado. Again, to stress the obvious, the Party’s new provincial leadership is endorsing the independent candidate to the exclusion of our own party mate.
In the Third District, many Lakas candidates for mayor are also facing serious challenge from candidates from other parties who are enjoying the support of Lakas provincial officials.
We can not fathom the reason for this virtual slap on our face by the new Party leadership in both the national and provincial levels.
Perhaps the Party leadership in these levels consider us as non-entities so they no longer care to consult, much less listen to us when deciding on matters that affect our respective jurisdictions and our very political survival.
It might interest them to know that among our ranks are two (2) former provincial presidents as well as the incumbent president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines. Two out of the three uncontested mayors in the coming 2010 elections are also with us in this crusade that include town mayors who have proven in past elections that they cannot only deliver votes but also lead their respective local governments.
The young and dynamic mayors who represent the Party’s next generation are also solidly behind us in this most serious challenge to ever confront the Bohol Provincial Chapter since the party’s inception.
In this regard, we have arrived at a common consensus to come up with this Position Paper to express our collective sentiments on the shabby treatment that we have received from both the national and provincial leadership of the Party.
We can no longer stomach the hypocrisy and treachery that are being employed against us even after all the years of unquestioned loyalty and faithfulness to the Party.

   We are also disturbed that there has been no effort undertaken by the national leadership and the new provincial leadership under Cong. Chatto to seek out the growing number of disgruntled Party members to listen to their sentiments, address their concerns if not solve their problems.
We share in the humiliation inflicted on the Party in the aftermath of that infamous CONA incident where much was made about the “unity” mass when all along the betrayal of the Party’s titular head had already been consummated.
We are now convinced that this is not the kind of leadership that we can endorse to our people in the grassroots level. We have lost confidence in the leadership not only in plugging the holes within the Party but more importantly in leading the Province in the next three years.
We declare our collective sentiment to condemn the hypocrisy and treachery employed by the new provincial leadership in running the affairs of the Party.
Even as we are scandalized by the elaborate script to strip Gov. Aumentado of his CONA, the cover-up attempt intended to confuse and mislead our people, we are comforted by the thought that this is God’s way of exposing the kind of leaders that are courting the votes of our constituents.
While Gov. Aumentado may have been the sacrificial lamb who was nearly sacrificed for political ends, he has become an instrument in opening the eyes of our people to the real character of those behind the scheme to strip him of the Party’s CONA.
We denounce the moves against loyal Party members as far as their individual candidacies are concerned not only to ensure their political survival but more importantly because these machinations and moves are alien to the principles that we embrace.
We believe that it has come to a point where the enemy is no longer out there on the other side but right within our ranks. It is the hypocrisy and treachery that has brought us to this point of no return.
We are not going to take this sitting down. We assert our right to be treated with dignity and respect among our peers especially within our own Party.
We are aware that we have a responsibility not only to our Party but more so to our people to struggle with them to achieve progress, prosperity and peace without losing the virtues of honesty, sincerity and mutual respect.
We believe that in the light of the intervening events, we can no longer expect to achieve these goals under the present Party leadership.
We therefore declare our common and united stand expressing loss of confidence in the present Party provincial leadership led by Cong. Edgar M. Chatto and the national party leadership led by Gov. Rene Miguel Dominguez.
Let the dice fly high.


(Sgd.)Mayor Robert L. Salinas                              (Sgd.)Mayor Exuperio C. Lloren
Incumbent LMP President                              Immediate Past LMP President
Municipality of Catigbian                              Municipality of Jagna

(Sgd.)Board Member Josephine Soccoro C. Jumamoy             (Sgd.)Mayor Louis Thomas Gonzaga
Past LMP President                                  LMP Executive Vice President
Second Congressional District                               Municipality of Danao

(Sgd.)Mayor Theresa M. Camacho                           (Sgd.)Mayor Telesforo L. Balagosa
Municipality of Getafe                                 Municipality of Lila

(Sgd.)Mayor Jono Jumamoy                           (Sgd.) Mayor Elsa G. Tirol
Municipality of Inabanga                              Municipality of Buenavista

(Sgd.)Mayor Juanario A. Item                              (Sgd.)Mayor Germinio C. Relampagos
Municipality of Talibon                                 Municipality of Dagohoy

(Sgd.)Councilor Senen C. Lloren
PCL Vice President
Municipality of Jagna

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