Domogan decries ‘fake survey results’

BAGUIO CITY  – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan appealed to the city’s electorate not to be misled and misinformed over fake survey results that are being used by the opposition to create “an atmosphere of confusion” in the upcoming May 2013 mid-term elections.

            

The local chief executive called on the Commission on Elections to conduct an investigation over the proliferation of suspected fake survey results that have conflicting results that could mislead the city’s electorate in deciding whom to vote in the coming elections.

            

“If the opposition has concrete programs to further uplift the status of the city, then they must use such platforms of governance to win the hearts of people and not to resort to obvious lies,” Domogan stressed, citing that it is unfair for the opposition to insult the intelligence of the city’s electorate by spreading purely lies.

            

Worst, the fake survey results are being used as a crawler by a local cable station in its prime time programs which caught the ire of the electorate considering that it is turning out that the candidates of the administration which is banking on good performance and right director are behind while the opposition bets who are inexperienced in public service are quite leading.

            

“We will not question the survey results of those who conducted such surveys, the methodology used, the margin of error, how the surveyed individuals were chosen among others were made public to ensure its credibility but just to print the fake survey results in campaign paraphernalia is the handy work of people trying to create intrigues among the political parties and their slates,” he added, as he rallied the electorate to carefully evaluate the public and private lives of those aspiring for elective positions so that they will be guided in intelligently deciding whom to vote once the casting of ballots opens on May 13, 2013.

            

“We do our campaign fairly and squarely because we view that mudslinging and name-calling should be prevented and that we stick to detailing and outlining our programs for the benefit of the city residents and the present and future generations,” Domogan said.

Local candidates vying for various elective positions are now on the second full week of their 45-day campaign in order to convince the city’s over 160,000 electorate to vote for them.

Domogan lashed out at the opposition for repeatedly rehashing old issues that were already answered satisfactorily in the past four elections just to advance their own personal and political interests, saying that the people are already fed up with mudslinging and what is important is for the candidates to speak out their respective platforms of governance for the electorate to evaluate and assess.

Before hurling an allegation against a fellow candidate, Domogan said the opposition must first look at themselves if they are really that responsible and dedicated public servants worthy of emulation, without unblemished track record and who are not involved in illegal drugs and widespread gambling in Baguio and Benguet.

 “We expect a lot of black propaganda to be hurled against us in the coming weeks and we are ready to squarely answer them for the public to evaluate and assess who among the candidates are telling the truth and have concrete programs to pursue the overall development of the city,” Domogan said.