Isuzu Crosswind Cars Necessary for Provincial Board Members

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      For efficiency and in aid of legislation, service vehicles become a necessity for local lawmakers, according to Acting Governor Julius Caesar Herrera.

      Over the weekly radio program, Governor Reports on Friday, and in a radio interview later, Herrera emphasized that with the nature of their work, a service vehicle is a necessity and not a luxury for legislators.

      He further explained that with the service vehicles provided, the local legislators no longer have to claim transportation allowances.

      Moreover, the cars presently issued to some Provincial Board (PB) members are already old and defective, to the extent that their repair and maintenance would already be more costly than buying new ones.

      The present state of the old service cars only indicate that the thought of buying new cars for the legislators has long been overdue and is just as timely as it is practical.

      Herrera also explained that the mandate of lawmakers go beyond the four walls of the session hall as they have to reach out to the farthest and remotest sitio in their respective districts just to get the sentiments of the constituents that they represent.

      Legislators have to address a number of concerns in their districts which include public hearings on a proposed measure and information campaign on newly-formulated measures.

      At present the Vice-Governor’s Office is conducting a series of seminar-workshops on local legislation for newly-elected barangay officials.

      Before the lawmakers show up at the regular session, it is already given that they had already spent enough time to gather inputs from their constituents, most of them live in areas where there is no public utility vehicles plying.

      Even attending fiesta celebrations are opportunities to study the socio-cultural trend of the populace which can be a start of a legislative action.

      As to how to draw the line between official and personal trips, it is already up to the concerned official and Herrera assured that a set of guidelines has already been in place for the policy applied on the use of official service vehicles.

      Upon a request from the Governor’s Office, the Provincial Board (PB) passed Tuesday an ordinance reverting a fund of P10.8 million saved from the salaries of unfilled positions in Capitol’s different offices, to buy 13 new Isuzu Crosswind cars. - Bohol Sunday Post Newspaper

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