He is against proposal to convert entire province into an economic zone
By Jujemay G. Awit
Sunday, November 6, 2011
BUSINESSMEN want an update on the proposal to convert the entire province into a Cebu Economic Development Zone (CEDZ).
However, Rep. Tomas Osmeña (Cebu City, first district) said there will be a conflict of interest if the people tending the economic zone are businessmen.
The proposed CEDZ will have its own authority that will be composed of members of the private sector.
Talk on the proposal was revived during the Philippine Economic Forum last Friday after a businessman asked for an update of House Bill 1319, which was submitted during the 14th Congress but was not acted on.
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) conducted a pre-investment study on the proposal then.
CCCI past president Geronimo Sta. Ana said Reps. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) and Ramon “Red” Durano VI (Cebu, 5th district) are inclined to revive the bill in Congress.
Osmeña, though, questioned the proposed CEDZ Authority when it supervises the entire Cebu Province as an ecozone.
Same players
“They are not answerable to the people. We will be relying on the chamber of commerce that is made up of businessmen who only care about lowering taxes and to build, build, build,” he told Sun.Star Cebu.
Rep. Rachel Marguerite del Mar (Cebu City, north district) was unavailable for comment. Her father, former congressman Raul del Mar, was a co-author of House Bill 1319.
“These are the same people who oppose the flyover because it affects their property,” Osmeña said, talking about the flyover projects that were suspended by the Department of Public Works and Highways because of opposition from the private sector.
Among the loudest voices in the opposition is Joel Lee, convenor of the Movement for a Livable Cebu (MLC) and owner of West Gorordo Hotel, which is in the vicinity of the proposed Gorordo flyover.
DPWH 7 will undergo review of the flyover projects on Gorordo and M. J. Cuenco Avenues.
Flyovers, BRT
Its Project Management Office Director Rebecca Garsuta said they will look at how the flyovers will complement the proposed Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system envisioned in Cebu City in a couple of years.
Osmeña, though, said he has already studied this and the flyover projects will not be a problem for the BRT.
He came up with the BRT project when he was mayor of Cebu City, and it was during his stint as Regional Development Council 7 chairman that the flyover projects were approved.
“The vast majority is not against the flyovers, only property owners and the high-end people affected by the projects are against it,” he said.
He explained that the MLC does not have homeowners’ associations or urban groups as members.
The Cebu City Traffic Operations Management also opposes the flyover projects, stating that the proposals are not technically sound.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on November 06, 2011.
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2011/11/06/he-against-proposal-convert-entire-province-economic-zone-188974
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