This was confirmed by
Mayor Petilla who said that she was prevailed upon by partymates to
run as LMP President for 2010-2013.
It is a common
knowledge that Mayor Petilla who is a former three termer governor of
Leyte and former congresswoman of the first district of Leyte, belongs
to the Liberal Party.
This information was
received with joy by the Visayas mayors as never before has there been
an LMP President coming from the Visayas. With her experience in
governance, there is no doubt that Mayor Petilla can lead the League
to greater height of achievements.
As far as this writer
remembers, in the past, the LMP Presidents have come from Luzon, Mayor
Jose Sison of Pangasinan, Mayor Renato Reyes of Marinduque, Mayor
Agnes Devanadera of Quezon, Mayor Jinggoy Estrada of Rizal. The
current LMP President Mayor Ramon Guico is also from Pangasinan.
It would be recalled
that the mayors from Mindanao have expressed their call to President
Aquino, to give chance to the mayors from Mindanao and Visayas the
chance to lead the leage of mayor in the country.
All the presidents of
the LMP provincial chapters are scheduled to gather at the Crown Plaza
Galleria on October 7 to 8 for the election of National Officers and
orientation of the new set of national directorate.
By then, the LMP would
have another milestone in its history – that of having the first ever
President from the Visayas Islands.
The League of
Municipalities of the Philippines is composed of all the 1,493
municipal mayor in the 82 provinces of the Philippines.
The LMP national
executive committee is composed of the president, executive
vice-president for internal affairs, executive vice-president for
external affairs, executive vice-president for special concerns,
island cluster presidents for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, national
treasurer, national auditor, business manager, PRO, General Legal
Counsel, Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General.
