Reconsider The Abolition Of Negros Island Region, 10 Lawmakers Appeal To Duterte
Ten lawmakers from Negros Islands ask President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider the abolition of Negros Island Region (NIR), on October 10, 2016.
The executive order (EO) awaits the signature of the president in dissolving the Negros Islands according to before Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno. He said that Duterte administration has other priorities rather than NIR that the fund would too costly and it was excluded from the national budget in 2017.
An integrated ecosystems-based planning and program implementation can achieve a unified Negros provinces to fast-track development are the programs contained in the letter wrote by 7 congressmen from Negros Occidental and 3 from Negros Oriental.
On August 06, 2015, upon the recommendation of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, former President Aquino had signed the EO that unified the 2 Negros provinces. During the election 2016, Roxas won in two Negros Islands but lose against Duterte in the total nationwide votes.
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