PALAYAN CITY - Vice-Governor Edward Thomas F. Joson of the influential Joson clan who won in the recent elections vowed on to cross party lines “if only for the best of the people.”
Joson, son of former four-term Gov. Thomas Joson, who himself lodged a protests versus Cabanatuan City mayoralty rival Mayor Alvin Vergara, presides over the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with a majority of board members as political allies.
Gov. Aurelio Umali has only one party mate in the 13-member provincial board, board member Joseph Ortiz from the province’s second congressional district.
Umali is the chairman of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats in the province, while Joson belongs to the family-founded Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija that coalesced with President Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malalayang Pilipino (Kampi) shortly before the May elections.
Umali, however, visited with Joson and shook hands at the latter’s office on Monday, the first working day for the newly elected local officials.
The governor said he did not expect political alliance but he expressed belief they could agree for undertakings that will benefit the people.
“Tayo’y handang sumuporta sa mga programa basta’t para sa kapakanan ng ating mga mamamayan,” Joson said, but he added: “Pero kung ito ay may halong katiwalian at para sa pansariling interes lamang, e labis na itong panloloko, hindi na uubra sa atin ’yon.” - Armand M. Galang
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