| Gov.
Dimaporo takes the cudgels for PGMA, cites gains in Lanao
del Norte
The
youngest of the 81-member League of Provinces of the Philippines
(LPP) has summed up the reason for their strong support to
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo—she delivered to uplift
the lives of the people while most of the other government
officials ended up empty with their political promises.
Lanao
del Norte Gov. Mohammad Khalid Dimaporo, the youngest provincial
executive at 28, said this during an interaction of the governors
with the national media in Malacanang.
Dimaporo
said that ever since the 1970s, the people in his province
have been asking for the establishment of big projects to
improve their plight such as the Iligan-Aurora Road project;
the Pangil Bay project to connect Lanao del Norte with Misamis
Occidental; and the Tubod road project to connect them with
Lanao del Sur.
After
more than 30 years, Dimaporo said these were answered during
the term of Pres. Arroyo with the implementation of the Iligan-Aurora
road that connects Iligan City to Zamboanga del Sur.
Because
of the President’s reforms, Dimaporo said the national
government was able to provide them with a P900-million subsidy
for the Pangil Bay Beach project to connect the province of
Lanao del Norte with the province of Misamis Occidental.
“And
now with the Saudi Fund ready to be released, again the cry
of Lanao del Norte has been heard and we can now connect Tubod,
Lanao del Norte with Ganachi, Lanao del Sur,” Dimaporo
said.
Dimaporo
said he is quite sure there are other big economic developments
and programs being implemented in other Muslim provinces such
as those in Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao, Sultan
Kudarat, Cotabato, including the completion of the circumferential
road in Lanao del Sur.
Dimaporo
said they are showing their support to the President because
the noise in Manila would only undermine the economic gains
the Philippines attained during the past several years.
He
added it would be a crime against the people of Lanao del
Norte if Pres. Arroyo is forcibly removed from office because
of her help.
“So
we feel it is a crime if the President will be forcibly removed
from Malacanang because during the elections we have worked
very hard to bring the voice of the people of Lanao del Norte
in the form of votes to show that our choice for president
really is President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,” Dimaporo
said. (OPS)
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