POLITICS reared its ugly head during the election for board directors (BOD) of Leyte-V Electric Cooperative Inc. (Leyco V) last Feb. 25 when people identified with Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez allegedly influenced the outcome of a supposedly private-initiated exercise.
The BOD election that day was for Ormoc north and south districts. There was no problem for the north district as former Leyte Gov. Adelina Yrastorza-Larrazabal ran unopposed. But it was a different scenario at the south district covering 72 barangays, mostly coastal communities.
The election for south district was contested by Carlito David Jr. and Project Engr. III Pascualito Fiel of 4th Leyte Engineering District (Led). It was conducted in the public schools of Lilo-an, Valencia and South Central School.
Vehicles of the Congressional Office bearing the Serbisyo Gomez logo were seen ferrying voters to the voting precincts while some barangay captains claimed to have witnessed vote-buying worth P40-50 in favour of David. A misinformation drive was also released that those who will not vote for David will not get their electricity refund.
The result, David won. Engr. Fiel isn’t surprised seeing the hand of Rep. Gomez in the election, saying the congresswoman was after him from the start by first putting him on floating status at 4th Led until he was reassigned to the Department of Public Works and Highways regional office.
The Express tried to confirm this claim with Dist. Engr. Lino Francisco Gonzales who said that Engr. Fiel’s transfer was based upon the memorandum of Regional Director Rolando M. Asis. He also confirmed that both 4th Led and DPWH issued Engr. Fiel a permit to run for Leyeco V Board Member. by Elvie Roman-Roa
(West Leyte Weekly Express issue of Feb. 20-26, 2012)
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