Defeated Zambo Sur mayoralty bet elected unopposed as Liga ng mga Barangay president

ZSur Liga ng mga Barangay president Wilfredo Asoy

By JONG CADION

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Thursday/Dec. 19) –- Wilfredo Asoy, who ran for mayor last May in the town of Dinas but lost, was unopposed and therefore elected as this province’s Liga ng mga Barangay president.

The election for the Liga ng mga Barangay was held Wednesday at Alindahaw Hotels in this city.

Asoy replaces Jesus Daowala of Brgy. Upper Pulacan, Labangan and will sit as an ex-officio member in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

Asoy has served for two terms as provincial board member representing the second district of this province.

The election of the Liga ng mga Barangay was supervised by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Virgel Jaime and assisted and witnessed by representatives from Department of Education, Commission on Elections and the Moro Civil Society Organization Ummah Fi Salam.

 

Jaime reminded the new officials of the Liga ng mga Barangay that they play a very important role representing the smallest unit of government.

Jaime advised them to perform well for the development of the barangays.

This province, which consists of one city and 26 municipalities, has a total of 681 barangays with a population of 959,658 as of 2010.

Asoy, who is from Barangay Don Jose, Dinas, has requested his colleague’s cooperation in order for them to deliver the basic services to the people.

“This is not new task because I was a barangay chairman when I entered politics during the Marcos Regime, but this time, I am representing the grassroots level in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as an ex-Officio member. It is a different thing and I need your full support,” Asoy said.

 

Elected as Liga ng mga Barangay vice president is Jurefer Pulmones of Barangay Santiago, Pagadian city.