Arnaiz debunks ‘railroading’ claim of LRay, Fortuno 08/02/2011

Arnaiz debunks ‘railroading’ claim of LRay, Fortuno

08/02/2011
Rep. George P. Arnaiz, chairman of the House local government committee, chided yesterday Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte and Rep. Salvio Fortuno for making “irresponsible, self-serving and misleading claims” that the bill creating the province of Nueva Camarines was railroaded and that it was not subjected to hearings and debates by his committee.

Arnaiz stressed that in the May 31 and June 7 hearings conducted by his committee on House Bill 4728, LRay and Rep. Fortuno participated lengthily in the proceedings, including the nearly three-hour debate on June 7 during which LRay’s father, Rep. Luis Villafuerte Jr., persuasively argued for the creation of Nueva Camarines while debunking the arguments of LRay who opposed the bill.

Representing the 2nd District of Negros Oriental, Arnaiz insisted that the legislative process was followed thoroughly when his committee voted 22 to 6 in favor of HB 4728, titled “An Act Creating the Province of Nueva Camarines,” principally authored by Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella and co-authored by Reps. Villafuerte and Diosdado Arroyo.

Rep. Rolando Andaya, through Rep. Villafuerte, also expressed a desire to serve as a co-author, thus four out of the five Camarines Sur congressmen, with Fortuno being the lone exemption, support the creation of the province of Nueva Camarines from the 4th and 5thdistricts of Camarines Sur..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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