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Lawmaker, mayor plead to Congress for Bacolor funding

August 15, 2011
CITY OF SAN FERNNANDO — Mayor Jose Maria Hizon and Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (3rd district, Pampanga) pleaded before the House committee on local government to exempt Bacolor from the population formula used in determining the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).
Gonzales filed Thursday House Bill 3711, which aims to exempt Bacolor from the population formula used in determining the IRA share of the local government unit as provided by Section 285 of Republic Act (RA) 7160, or the Local Government Code of 1991
Both Gonzales and Hizon appeared before the committee chaired by Representative George Arnaiz of Negros Oriental.
Both leaders raised their points in the meeting, saying the exemption of Bacolor would pave the way for a more speedy development of the town and its various infrastructures.
“Honorable members of this committee, Bacolor needs this exemption to further boost its internal revenue and provide adequate services to its residents,” Gonzales said.
As provided by Section 285 of RA 7160, 50 percent of a local government unit’s IRA is determined by the local existing population.
However, both Gonzales and Hizon pointed out that most of the residents of the town reside in various host local government units were they were relocated after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

PAMPANGA. Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. joins Butil Partylist Rep. Agapito Guanlao and Mayor Jomar Hizon during the House committee on local government hearing on the IRA of Bacolor. (Ian Ocampo Flora)
Since the eruption, the 1990 actual population of the town of 67,000 residents were greatly reduced to almost 10,000 residents who still reside in the town.
Most of the town’s population resides in relocation sites in the City of San Fernando and Mabalacat, among others.
Despite of this, the original population still maintains houses and lands in the town. All of them, however, still troop to Bacolor to vote, process documents and appeal for help from government officials.
Mayor’s plea
“We have been sacrificed by government just to save other towns in Pampanga. The decision of the national government has left us tied just because of the fact that we could not facilitate the development of the town due to lack of funds,” Hizon said.
He said the current IRA of the town is based on a 25,000 population earning for it P42 million in IRA. By today’s standards, he said the IRA is still far from the comparative standing of the town before it was ravaged by lahar.
Budget Officer Danilo Sicat, for his part, said the town should at least receive some P100 million in IRA if its population was not reduced by the Mt. Pinatubo eruption.
However, representatives expressed apprehension that the exception would open the floodgates for other towns in the country asking for the same exemption.
Representative Arnaiz added that towns may take this as a sign to ask for exemption even in the midst of ordinary disasters.
On the other hand, Butil Representative Agapito Guanlao said that it would be better to source out other funding for the town.
Representative Arnaiz proposed that the committee reiterates the funding of the Bacolor Rehabilitation Act. The committee said it would push for the endorsement to the Committee of Appropriation the inclusion of the 2012 budget the funding for the rehabilitation of Bacolor.
Under the bill, special funds will be allocated for the rehabilitation of the lahar-ravaged town. The amount will be used to fund the Bacolor Rehabilitation Master Plan, which includes the construction of additional dikes (Gugu and the Western portion of the Pampanga Megadike), pumping stations and the Pasig- Potrero Pilot Channeling project.
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2011/08/14/lawmaker-mayor-plead-congress-bacolor-funding-173028

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