Rep Vergara:Tandem with Domogan intact

BAGUIO CITY – Baguio Congressman Bernardo Vergara denied that he and Mayor Mauricio Domogan are teaming up with candidates from other political parties or groups, saying that their “partnership is intact and has endured the test of time.”

 resulted, after the mayor and his group reportedly had to stop a political campaign vehicle from announcing around the city that he and Councilor NicasioAliping, another congressional candidate, had teamed up against Vergara in the ongoing political exercise.

Tried and tested naman ang pagsasamahan naming naito. Since 1992, when we assumed our respective positions as congressman with Mayor Domogan, we already forged that partnership of teamwork and unity, and this was baptized as the Timpuyog ti Baguio,” he pointed out.

           

Saying that since this partnership with Domogan and many other members of their political affiliation of Timpuyog had gone on through the years proving that they have been loyal with each other,Vergara said that rumours about them entertaining “secret partnerships” with other candidates would seem unbelievable.

            

“Our tandem with Mayor Domogan has been proven time and again. However, we cannot stop other candidates from trying to destroy our partnership. That is unfortunately part of the democratic process and we have no control over candidates in other groups,” he continued.

            

“With both of us having a positive platform of government, especially when facing the various concerns of Baguio after the devastation brought about by the 1990 killer earthquake, we had to face the job of repairing and rehabilitating our city and its access roads, and literally forcing our city to rise again, just so as to convince our investors to return here, to re-establish their businesses and give our residents back their much-needed jobs,” Vergara stressed.

            

“Many investors got scared of staying here after the killer earthquake because almost everything was destroyed, even our schools and buildings, so they wanted to put up their businesses elsewhere. However, Mayor Domogan and I were able to succeed joining hands in repairing and rehabilitating our city, and this convinced our investors to come back. Despite the damage we experienced, Mayor Domogan and I - along with our partners in the city government, public and private sector - even managed to make our beloved city a recipient of the Cleanest and Greenest City award for highly-urbanized cities in the whole country after that,” Vergara added.

            

Explaining that progress would not be as good if they were each teamed up with other congressional and mayoralty candidates now or in the past elections, he expounded that the development of Baguio was attained at a more coordinated and faster rate because Domogan and him had the utmost trust and confidence for each other, especially when it comes to the delivery of basic services to the public, and not only of city residents but of visitors and tourists as well.