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CamSur: CamFalse vs CamTrue? C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 08/05/2011

Friday, August 5, 2011

CamSur: CamFalse vs CamTrue?

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S
Jonathan De la Cruz
08/05/2011
It’s getting more interesting by the day. Or, should we say, more tangled. The fight for the “hearts and mind” of the people of Camarines Sur between the pro-split group, that is, for the creation of a new province, Nueva Camarines out of Camarines Sur, Bicol’s biggest province, headed by 4th District Rep. and Deputy Speaker Noli Fuentebella and three of his four colleagues, Reps. Rolando Andaya, Luis Villafuerte and Dato Arroyo and the pro-status quo group led by Gov. LRay Villafuerte and 5th District Rep.Salvio Fortuno, is turning out to be a down-the-wire, fight to the finish operation. It will definitely get even hotter after the lower chamber passed the substitute bill HB 4820 on third and final reading last Wednesday by an overwhelming vote of 229-1. This will now bring the battle to the Senate and ultimately to the people of Camarines Sur in a plesbicite to be called for the purpose in the event the Senate gets to pass this within the term of this Congress as the pro-split group hopes will happen soon..... MORE

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