Why is Mandaue not a lone congressional district?

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Mandaue to ask House to act on bill

MANDAUE City barangay captains will ask the House of Representatives
to act on the City's lone district bid after Lapu-Lapu City's move
reached the Senate even if it only gained its highly urbanized status
recently.

Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes blamed Rep. Nerissa Soon-Ruiz (Cebu
Province, 6th district) for not working on Mandaue City's bill, but
acted swiftly on Lapu-Lapu City's.

Ruiz's chief of staff denied the allegation.

Cortes said 24 out of 27 barangay captains will ask the House to act
on the bill. He said they will also ask Ruiz to explain why she opted
to work on Lapu-Lapu City's lone district bid and left Mandaue's bill
to "gather dust."

He said Mandaue City's 318,575 residents could have "solely" enjoyed
the P630 million worth of Ruiz's Philippine
Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for three terms had it become a
lone district, assuming that the P70 million per year PDAF remains the
same for nine years.

Representation

Mandaue shares Ruiz's PDAF with Consolacion, Cordova and Lapu-Lapu City.

Cortes asked Ruiz where her love for the Mandauehanons is.

"We are not only underrepresented, we are misrepresented," Cortes said.

But Atty. Gonzalo Malig-on, Ruiz's chief of staff, said this is not true.

He said that the present move, to make Lapu-Lapu City a lone district,
is just an off-shoot of the original bill, which is favorable to
Mandaue City.

He said Mandaue's unique charter character, similar to Consolacion's
and Cordova's town where residents can vote for provincial officials,
makes it more realistic to lump the city with the two other towns as
one district and Lapu-Lapu City as another district.

If they petition the House for Mandaue City's lone district bid they
will support the move, said Malig-on.

Municipalities

"But what will happen to Cordova and Consolacion? Will the House allow
the two to stand as a district when other congressmen in some parts of
the country are holding 15 municipalities in their district?" Malig-on
said.

He said that there is a need for a redistricting in Cebu, but some
congressmen are not ready for that.

Initially, the plan was for a lone district each for Lapu-Lapu and
Mandaue cities plus another district composed of Consolacion, Cordova
and two other towns in the fifth fistrict. But the Duranos refused to
part with some of their towns, said Malig-on.

He said some congressmen are not comfortable redistricting Cebu as the
move entails additional campaign expenses, redistribution of district
resources and organizing new political leaders and letting go of good
leaders.

He said Ruiz planned to divide her district but it ended up that way,
as some congressmen feel this is more realistic and fitting to each of
local government units' special character.

He said the present arrangement is an offshoot of an original bill
grouping together Lapu-Lapu City and Cordova town as one district;
Mandaue City and Consolacion town as another district. (OCP)

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According to reports, 1991 pa na met sa Mandaue ang requirements para mahimong Lone Congressional District. Hangtod karon after 18 years in congress wa gihapon ma Lone District ang Mandaue.

Mag Lone Ranger nalang ta ani.

Leader man kuno ni si Nerry sa Irresponsible Opposition (IrO) sa Mandaue.

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dili kaayo ko suhito ani mao mo ask una ko if kinsa naay knowledge ani. Unsa man benefit makuha sa usa ka city if mahimo nga lone congressional district gawas nga modako ang iya budget nga makuha from national?

Ang ako lang nalibugan ani ngano nga wala ni support si Congresswoman Nerry sa mandaue unya sa Lapu-lapu daw kay ni support. If tinuod ni paeta gyud sa politics sa, i-sakripisyo gyud ang dakbayan para lang sa mga personal nga mga interest.

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"He said Mandaue City's 318,575 residents could have "solely" enjoyed
the P630 million worth of Ruiz's Philippine
Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for three terms had it become a
lone district, assuming that the P70 million per year PDAF remains the
same for nine years."



I copied this from the news article I posted above.

Pero dili baya 3 term congresswoman si nerry. Sobra baya 15 yrs iyang pagka congresista.

Wa bakaha siya ma datu sa iyang pagka congresista nga sobra 15 yrs

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wat would be the advantage kaha pod kng ma lone district?

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"He said Mandaue City's 318,575 residents could have "solely" enjoyed
the P630 million worth of Ruiz's Philippine
Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for three terms had it become a
lone district, assuming that the P70 million per year PDAF remains the
same for nine years."



I copied this from the news article I posted above.

Pero dili baya 3 term congresswoman si nerry. Sobra baya 15 yrs iyang pagka congresista.

Wa bakaha siya ma datu sa iyang pagka congresista nga sobra 15 yrs

na dato ni siya bro oi sa iyang pagka-congresista. remember ka sa una nga ga-away ni silang mayor ouano unya nag binirahay sila sa ilang mga balay nga gitukod tagsa-tagsa. sa akong nahinumduman milyunes ilang gipanglitok niadtu. pero karon kay friends na man ni sila ni ouano, waaaah. dako kaayu ako respeto aning ruiz sa una kay mau ni siyay gapatukod sa among eskwelahan sa high school nga naa mahimutang duol sa city engineer's office gamit iyang congressional budget.

"Politics is just a trick, you call it POLITRICKS" ... me

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na dato ni siya bro oi sa iyang pagka-congresista. remember ka sa una nga ga-away ni silang mayor ouano unya nag binirahay sila sa ilang mga balay nga gitukod tagsa-tagsa. sa akong nahinumduman milyunes ilang gipanglitok niadtu. pero karon kay friends na man ni sila ni ouano, waaaah. dako kaayu ako respeto aning ruiz sa una kay mau ni siyay gapatukod sa among eskwelahan sa high school nga naa mahimutang duol sa city engineer's office gamit iyang congressional budget.

"Politics is just a trick, you call it POLITRICKS" ... me

Mura man ug hasta si nerry di gusto mahimo lone district ang Mandaue. Basaha ning news item sa CDN

Basin sakto si jonas, nga underrepresented ug misrepresented pa jud ang Mandaue ni nerry



Only Congress can push for district
By Jhunnex Napallacan
Cebu Daily News
First Posted 12:37:00 02/11/2009

Filed Under: Politics, Laws, Local authorities

CEBUCITY, Philippines – Representative Nerissa Soon-Ruiz (Cebu, 6thdistrict) on Tuesday advised Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes and hisallied barangay (village) captains not to push through with their planto file a petition asking Congress to prioritize moves to make the cityits own congressional district, lest they be laughed at for ignorance.

Soon-Ruiz said only a legislator could do what Cortes wants to be done.But since Mandaue City is under the 6th district, no other legislatorbut her can support it.

"Who's going to file it? Nobody's going to sponsor that, not even our neighboring congressmen," Soon-Ruiz said.

Soon-Ruiz said there is already a pending bill seeking to create acongressional district for Mandaue City. The bill has not moved in theSenate since November last year after some senators raised objections.

She said that the actions of Cortes and his allies could give theimpression that the city's elected officials do not know what they aredoing.

"It would be embarrassing to say that the mayor ofMandaue is ignorant. Mandaue is so big. Mandaue is so wealthy. Yet itsofficials are so ignorant. It would be funny," she said.

The congresswoman said that while the bill for Mandaue is stuck inthe Senate, she consulted other Cebuano lawmakers. They agreed that itwould be better to push for the creation of a congressional districtfor Lapu-Lapu City.

She said there were many factors put intoconsideration. Among them were concerns about neighboring localitiesand the fact that Mandaue, despite being highly urbanized, is stillpart of Cebu province, unlike Lapu-Lapu. /With a report by Correspondent Chris A. Ligan

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na dato ni siya bro oi sa iyang pagka-congresista. remember ka sa una nga ga-away ni silang mayor ouano unya nag binirahay sila sa ilang mga balay nga gitukod tagsa-tagsa. sa akong nahinumduman milyunes ilang gipanglitok niadtu. pero karon kay friends na man ni sila ni ouano, waaaah. dako kaayu ako respeto aning ruiz sa una kay mau ni siyay gapatukod sa among eskwelahan sa high school nga naa mahimutang duol sa city engineer's office gamit iyang congressional budget.

"Politics is just a trick, you call it POLITRICKS" ... me

yes Bro na datu si nerry.

her net assets since 2003 has increased by more than 1,000 % up to 2008. Thats only 5 years Bro.

That would come out 200 % per year of public service. Better than the banks' return of investment !

And she's been office for more than 16 years !

Apil tingali ko aning negosyoha Bro !

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Hala noh! Ka hawod gayod diay ni inday.


Mandaue would benifit greatly if ma lone district ta. Imagine the money that would be poured in for projects mora pilaan ka billion gajud undo.

Mao na ni kaning atong congresista nga polpol. Maayo pa batoon na ila balay ug tamates.. aw wait lang sa ayaw lang diay kay masuko si Sonny Osmena lain ra ba na siya ug magalit, mag baga and kilay.

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na dato ni siya bro oi sa iyang pagka-congresista. remember ka sa una nga ga-away ni silang mayor ouano unya nag binirahay sila sa ilang mga balay nga gitukod tagsa-tagsa. sa akong nahinumduman milyunes ilang gipanglitok niadtu. pero karon kay friends na man ni sila ni ouano, waaaah. dako kaayu ako respeto aning ruiz sa una kay mau ni siyay gapatukod sa among eskwelahan sa high school nga naa mahimutang duol sa city engineer's office gamit iyang congressional budget.

"Politics is just a trick, you call it POLITRICKS" ... me

Ambot lang liboga ani oist. Datu man kaha siya ngano wa man kabayad iya utang kang Osmena.Unsa man gyud kaha tinuod ani.Mmmmm, something's wrong here.