By Carla Canet
The Barangay Felisa leaders will no longer allow the City Government of Bacolod to continue using the existing dump site because they failed to respect the barangay residents and officials when they decided to purchase the new dumpsite which will be converted into a sanitary land fill.
Brgy. Captain Peregrino Aspan and Kagawads Ma. Fe Tresfuentes, Joel Navarro, Rodrigo Tamayo, Rodel Latosa and Julius Makilan said they have lost their trust and confidence in the city officials and will no longer take the risk of allowing them to continue dumping more garbage in their barangay.
City Councilor Greg Gasataya and the concerned Barangay officials attended the Technical Conference conducted by DENR OIC Regional Director
Bienvenido Lipayon of the Environment Management Bureau held at PENRO Office yesterday.
The barangay leaders have expressed their misgivings against the city officials for by-passing them in terms of deciding in behalf of Barangay Felisa.
Kagawad Tresfuentes said they don’t want the people of Barangay Felisa to blame them for not consulting them prior to the continued use of their barangay as host of the dump site/sanitary land fill.
Gasataya said they are just complying with what DENR directs. He said that he respects the sentiments of the people of Barangay Felisa including the Barangay officials.
He said he is just doing his job. “We have started to implement the safe closure and rehabilitation plan being undertaken by the City Engineer’s Office and Department of Public Services.”
He also requested the conduct of the Executive-Legislative caucus with officials of Barangay Felisa.
But the barangay officials do everything to stop the continued use of the existing dump site.
Meanwhile, Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia said they should not threaten the city because he is also bent on doing what is supposed to be done, whatever that is.”
He said if the city has committed violations, the DENR could have called the attention of the city.
“If it’s between the city and DENR, this issue would not be a problem. But there are people and quarters who want to sabotage what are doing. There are those who just want to look for mistakes and they are doing everything to sabotage what are doing,” he said.
He added that the city is now complying with the safe closure and rehabilitation plan.
He said that in terms of compliance, Bacolod City is still better than the other localities.
What is more interesting in other places is that they help one another. But here in Bacolod, others will always look for means to sabotage what are doing.
While we are doing our best to address the problem, others want us to fail because if the city stinks, then that is good for their politics,” Leonardia said.
A lot of people know who the habitual saboteur is, Leonardia said.
Moreover, Director Lipayon said the decision of the city will have bearing than the social acceptability in the barangay.
“The decision of the city has more weight than that of the barangay because it involves technical feasibility,” he said.*
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