Show
sincerity, honesty,
Herrera dares poll bets LET
US SHOW OUR sincerity and honesty to the people by giving them an accounting of
our performance.
This
was the challenge issued by Vice Gov. Julius Caesar Herrera to his fellow candidates
in the May 10 elections.
Herrera
said that many people he met have expressed disappointment over the way many elective
officials have evaded calls for them to account for public funds entrusted to
them.
He
declined to comment if this included Rep. Edgar Chatto who has consistently refused
to make public an accounting of his pork barrel funds for the last nine years.
In
the 2007 elections, Chatto refused to give in to the demand of lawyer Victor de
la Serna to make a report of his discretionary funds.
Chatto,
however, simply refused to dignify de la Serna's challenge until the elections
which the former won.
"It
is the people's money so the people deserve to know where their funds are being
spent," Herrera declared.
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vice-governor said that one reason why voters look down on public officials is
because the latter refuse to be honest with them.
"We
entertain them with signs and billboards about projects but why are we afraid
to come up with the list?" he asked.
Herrera
said that he is mulling to take court action against elective officials who refuse
to show where the funds at their disposal go to.
He
noted that one reason why the Arroyo administration is suffering a credibility
crisis is the perception that it is not fair and straightforward with the people.
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Chatto
came under fire recently for his role in the efforts to undermine the candidacy
of Gov. Erico Aumentado for the second congressional seat.
Despite
his professions of innocence, Chatto and Rep. Roberto Cajes were tagged as the
instigators to the move to strip Aumentado of his Lakas certificate of nomination
and acceptance.
Many
people believe Chatto was less than honest when he left Aumentado in the dark
on the moves against the governor's congressional bid.
"Deception
and insincerity are not good virtues for our children to follow," Herrera
stressed. | 
