TACLOBAN CITY – “Let’s not talk about it,” said Vice Mayor Arvin Antoni in reaction to criticisms for receiving help on the repair of the city legislative building.
Antoni stressed that since the fund is already available and it is to be implemented by the regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways, it just proper that critics should stop throwing issues against them and to Rep.Florencio Noel who helped them by providing fund to the tune of P2 million.
“They had been promising even before the 2010 election that the executive department will allocate funds for the much needed repair of this building.But this didn’t materialized until now, but in the case of Rep.Noel, it didn’t even take a year to provide us with a fund,” Antoni said.
“So it is just proper that we stop talking about this and stop adding political color on it, and wait for the implementation of the repair,” he added.
Antoni added those who are criticizing should instead provide help in the repair of the legislative building as the P2 million fund allocated by the representative of An Waray party-list might not be enough for the repair of the entire two-storey building.
Among the areas of the Sangguniang Panlungsod that needs to be rehabilitated are the comfort rooms, ceiling and walls, the offices of the councilors and the lighting facilities of the legislative building.
“We are working here not for ourselves but for the people of Tacloban who put us in this position and this money is not for us but for the institution that we are working and representing,” Antoni stressed.
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