PJ dares Mike to one-on-one debate
Sun.Star Cebu
Thursday, April 23, 2009
REP. Pablo John Garcia (Cebu Province, 3rd district) yesterday dared Cebu City Acting Mayor Michael Rama to a “one-on-one public debate” on questions about the South Road Properties (SRP), including City Hall’s joint venture with a private developer.
His sister, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, disputed Rama’s statement that President Arroyo allowed the sale of SRP lots through a presidential proclamation.
She offered to provide the acting mayor with a copy of Presidential Proclamation 843, which transferred the ownership of a portion of the Cebu South Reclamation to the City Government. It also declared the properties “alienable and disposable.”
“I cannot believe that a person charged with the responsibility of running a city for the time being, at least, can speak so
ignorantly about an issue,” said the governor.
Rama, in a separate interview, said he will not accept Congressman Garcia’s challenge to a debate, saying he would prefer to deal with the issue in a congressional hearing or answer the complaints in court.
“They already said their allegations in Congress so we will wait until we will be given a chance to present our side. A debate won’t bring us anywhere. Maybe it should be a court case. I’d prefer a court case rather than grandstanding in the halls of Congress,” Rama said.
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