by RIC CLET
Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte – Local officials of this town expressed disappointment over the proposals of Rep. Abdullah D. Dimaporo and Gov. Khalid Q. Dimaporo that their town be placed under Martial law or under the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Control due to the presence of private army allegedly maintained by politicians controlling some government agencies including law enforcement instrumentalities.
Mayor N. Neshreen “Leonor” Dimaporo Lantud and Vice Mayor Lacson Lantud along with their Sangunian members during a press conference disclosed that their town is very peaceful where Muslims and Christians harmoniously co-exist..
“We are not maintaining private army nor controlling some of the agencies of the government that include the teachers of the Department of Education (DepEd) and law enforcement “,Vice mayor Lantud noted.
Rep.and Gov. Dimaporo in a published statements disclosed that people in this town are living in fear due to a politician controlled “private army”.
Vice mayor Lantud stressed that what Rep. Dimaporo described in his statements was the army’s trained Civilian Auxiliary Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) which is also under the administration and operational control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. (AFP)
In an interview, DepEd District Supervisor Norhaya M. Saro of Pantao Ragat who also attended the press conference said that Mayor and Vice Mayor Lantud are not intervening with DepEd business.
In his response to Media inquiries Pantao Ragat Chief of Police SPO2 Casan Azis noted that “the peace and order situation here is very normal. People here are not living in fear ”.
Vice mayor Lantud laughed off when asked about the idea that Rep. Dimaporo will be submitting the recommendations to the poll agency for fear of a repeat of Maguindanao Massacre.
Vice mayor Lantud said that they don’t have backhoe. ”If ever we have such equipment we will use it for infra development projects such as road network which the Congressman did not help us in developing our municipal road “,Vice mayor Lantud said”.
“ I challenged Rep. Dimaporo to recommend the entire Lanao del Norte to be placed under Comelec control not to single out Pantao Ragat wjhich is also a part of the province “,Vice Mayor Lantud said.
He added that the move of his cousins (Dimaporos ) is a political harassment for not supporting his administration.. “This is their way of putting Pantao Ragat in a bad image without thinking that this town is part of his administration ”, he said. The Lantuds are known critics to Dimaporo’s administration.
Mayor Lantud allegedly claimed that former governor Imelda Dimaporo closed the operation of the municipal hospital here after she lost in the elections.
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The Lantuds claimed that former Gov. Imelda, Rep. Abdullah and the incumbent Gov. Khalid lost in Pantao Ragat in the past elections.
Lanao del Norte provincial government is scheduled to host a national motocross competition which the Lantuds claimed that Governor Khalid is trying to promote and sell Lanao del Norte to would-be investors and tourists yet his parents are trying to put the province in bad image.
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