An Impossible Special Election
The death of my friend Rep. Danilo Lagbas of the first congressional district of Misamis Oriental left a void in the people’s representation in the House of Representatives. The void also left a vacancy that created a frenzy among wannabes to assume the vacated post.
Many really believed wrongly that a special election will be conducted by the comelec for the replacement congressman who will serve the remaining term until June 30, 2010.
As far as I could analyze, the special election is impossible to happen. All the reasons for not having the special elections are present.
For one, there is no money to spend. Millions of pesos are needed to print the election paraphernalia like ballots, election returns, certificates of votes, of canvass and election returns. Millions also are needed to pay for salaries of the members of the board of election inspectors and comelec officials.
The municipalities of Balingasag down to Magsaysay and the component city of Gingoog will participate in the special elections. That would involve close to two hundred thousand voters. And where will the comelec get the millions of pesos to be spent for the special elections?
Congress has to enact an appropriation measure to allocate a special budget for the special elections. Then the Senate has to concur in and approve the budget and the President of the republic has to sign it. That is a very long and improbable process. The time element alone will make the exercise impossible to happen. Political bickerings and quid pro quo will occur and that would derail the entire effort.
As history would tell, in the past eighteen years, there has not been a special congressional election that happened in this country. The costs far outweigh the benefits. Many congressmen already died in office and there was not a single special election made to refill the vacated position.
For another, the assumption of a new congressman for the unexpired term is not even certain. Granting for argument’s sake that an election is conducted, there could be protests and counter protests that the supposed winner may not even assume the post and the office remains vacant with the long delays that election protests go. And with the closeness of the regular elections on May 2010, the possibility of no one occupying the position until 2010 is very high. So what is the use of a special election?
And there is another talk I hear around the rumor mill that Congressman Bambi Emano of the second district will dispense the funds of the late Congressman Lagbas. That is utterly wrong. That is technical malversation.
The congressional funds of the first district can only be disbursed by the congressman of that district. These are political subdivisions which are clearly defined and the crisscrossing of congressional representation is simply not allowed. The political trust that was vested on Rep. Lagbas was not vested also on Rep. Emano. My friend Bambi knows this well enough.
The political representation of Rep. Lagbas cannot be assumed by another whom the people did not vote into office. The political trust and representation is exclusive. It cannot be assumed by any other. For how could the congressman of the second district of Misamis Oriental, or of the Bukidnon or of Camiguin or of Lanao del Norte represent the people of the first congressional district? There is simply no law that allows it.
And that is why the special elections to fill the remaining term is provided by law. The rumor mill is simply that — a rumor mill. Nothing is correct there.
So why are many of our kagawads in the province posturing themselves as congressionables (pardon the wrong word here)? The reason is obvious. They want to be considered as a political contender in the 2010 elections, the regular elections. Name-recall is made best by chest-drubbing like the apes in Tarzan films. Hearing one’s name in the radio often and reading one’s self in the newspapers as a contender or a big weight in the not-coming elections make for political mileage.
But the people should be made to know and understand the truth, the reality. That there is no special election is a fact, a reality.
Our kagawads in the province should concentrate on their jobs of legislating for the betterment of their constituents and stop playing sheer politics. Gov. Oca Moreno could very well take care of the needs of the first congressional district. The funds for infrastructure projects may not come because the good Danilo Lagbas has already joined his Creator. However, the funds will not be lost. It is only delayed until a new congressman is elected in the regular elections of 2010.
In all aspects, it is to the best interests of the people of the first district if there is no special elections made. The millions spent for the special elections could best be spent to buy medicines for the poor, to build more classrooms and hire more teachers, to build concrete roads and markets and libraries and hospitals.
Certainly, the death of Cong. Lagbas should better be used as an opportunity to create more projects with the funds used for a special election to fill his post. Millions spent just to elect a filler congressman makes no sense. And I’m sure, if only Danilo Lagbas could talk from his grave, he would rather say that the money spent for a political exercise like a special election be better spent for the medicines, infrastructure and education of his beloved constituents.
That I’m sure this could be his wish. And the special elections is far from his heart.
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