Gov. Daza appointed as
RPOC-8 Chairman
By MYLES JOSEPH E. COLASITO
February
2, 2012
TACLOBAN CITY –
President Benigno S. Aquino III has named Governor Paul R. Daza of
Northern Samar
as Chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council in
Eastern Visayas (RPOC-8).
It was learned from
Regional Director Pedro A. Noval Jr. of the Department of the Interior
and Local Government (DILG-8) that Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa
had informed Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo in a letter
dated Nov. 15, 2011 about President Aquino’s approval of the
nomination of Daza and other chairpersons of RPOCs in the country.
Secretary Robredo, on
the other hand as chair of the National Peace and Order Council,
issued Daza’s appointment papers on Nov. 28, 2011. Upon receiving
these papers on January 12, 2012 the DILG-8 regional office
immediately transmitted these to Gov. Daza, said Dir. Noval. He plans
to confer with Gov. Daza as to when the latter would formally assume
the post or take his oath before Sec. Robredo.
Governor Daza and
Leyte Governor Carlos Jericho L. Petilla were elected unopposed as the
vice-chairman and chairman, respectively of the RPOC in its
reorganization meeting at the DepEd Conference Room on September 24,
2010. The nominations of Petilla and Daza were subject to the
confirmation of President Aquino.
Aside from Daza, the
other appointed RPOC chairpersons in their respective regions were
Mayor Michael Fariñas of Laoag City for Region 1; Gov. Junie Cua of
Province of Quirino for Region 2; Zamboanga Mayor Celso S. Lobregat of
Region 9; Gov. Oscar Moreno of the Province of Misamis Oriental of
Region 10 and Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. of Butuan City of Region 13.
The RPOC is a forum
for dialogue and deliberation of major issues and problems affecting
peace and order, including insurgency; recommend measures which will
improve or enhance peace and order and public safety in their
respective areas of responsibility, including anti-insurgency
measures; and other measures leading to the achievement of peace and
order.
Among the
highlights of the RPOC in 2011 was the conduct of a crisis management
seminar for RPOC members and Provincial POC members of Leyte on May
26, 2011 hosted by the provincial government of Leyte; and the passage
of a resolution endorsing to the Regional Development Council (RDC),
which is headed by Gov. Petilla, the allocation of funds for
construction of a Samar Island Access Road at the boundaries of the
three provinces of Samar Island.
