TACLOBAN CITY – “We need to act professionally,” so said Councilor Jerry “Sambo” Yaokasin, this after an incident in the city council of Tacloban, were members of the majority bloc left the session hall when Environmental Management Bureau Solid Waste Management Coordinator Maribel Munsayac was about to present the technical aspect on the construction of a sanitary landfill for the city.
It was learned from Yaokasin that through the motion he made in last week’s regular session, the members of the city council unanimously pass a resolution asking the presence of the EMB to clarify on the technical aspects of constructing a sanitary landfill which explained the presence of Munsayac and some EMB personnel during their regular session last Wednesday.
Yaokasin said that he had been checking regularly the control dump site of the city located in Barangay Santo Niño.
The dump site, according to Yaokasin, poses danger to residents in the area including students who are studying at the newly- constructed school campus allocated by the city government just a few meters away from the dump site.
He added that in his last visit in the area, residents, including students and teachers, had already raised concern that the present condition of the dump site had been affecting their health.
“Sad to say that for some other reasons my colleagues were (become) busy when EMB are about to present,” said Yaokasin.
“They went here prepared hoping that the city council is now serious to tackle and listen to what they have prepared. I just hope that this will not happen again when we invite other agencies,” he added.
Yaokasin added that he hopes that members of the legislative body would act and show professionalism being elected officials of this city the next time they invite representative of other agencies to appear at the city council.
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