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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The confrontation between Cebu’s previous and current governors is way from over.
Former governor Gwendolyn Garcia has fired again at incumbent Governor Pamela Baricuatro, accusing her successor of utilizing her first State of the Province Deal with (SOPA) as a political weapon slightly than a report back to the general public.
Garcia described Baricuatro’s speech, delivered final Friday, August 29, as “filled with lies, distortion, and manipulation.”
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“Diha na lang gyud ang tanan akong panahon, sa panaway, pang-panuis ug pamakak. Pag pangita og sayop? (Would I actually spend my time in mocking, manipulating and mendacity? And in search of errors?)” Garcia stated in an interview with Brigada Information FM on Saturday, August 30.
The previous governor additionally contrasted her method with Baricuatro’s, saying she by no means criticized the administration she succeeded in 2019.
“In the event you discover ako (me), after I got here again in 2019, did you ever hear me say a single phrase towards the earlier administration? I cannot blame different individuals. Except you might be so insecure o kahibalo kang wa kay nahimo (you already know you haven’t achieved something), you attempt to divert,” she stated.
In her SOPA, Baricuatro painted a grim image of Cebu’s situation, calling the province’s state “poor and dismal,” and citing alleged neglect in well being companies, schooling, and catastrophe response throughout Garcia’s time period.
However Garcia denied the accusations, stressing that her administration poured tens of millions into upgrading hospitals and sustaining each day operations.
“It’s not a joke to run 16 hospitals… So much relies on the chief of the hospital since you can’t govern if you’ll simply focus solely on well being care,” she argued.
Garcia additionally defended her administration of the province’s Particular Schooling Fund (SEF) and catastrophe funds. She stated her administration prioritized seen and direct advantages for college students, equivalent to feeding packages and free college provides, as a substitute of expensive devices or seminars.
“Regardless of that, nah natay P1.2 billion. Ngano man? As a result of ang akong path, di nato usikan pamalit kunohay mga laptop computer kay mao naman na. Or ato ni usikan ug mga seminar-seminar. Method makita ana. Ari na nato gastoon sa mga estudyante kay mao could importante,” she defined.
(Regardless of all that, we now have P1.2 billion. Why? As a result of my path is that I don’t need cash wasted on the acquisition of laptops. Or spend it on seminars. We won’t profit from that. I would like cash spent on the scholars as a result of that’s what’s necessary.)
Garcia misplaced to Baricuatro within the Might 12 elections, however the bitter rivalry between the 2 continues to unfold in public exchanges.
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