PAGADIAN CITY – Local leaders in Zamboanga del Sur are asking Congress to hasten the breakup of the province’s current legislative districts to allow it to have one more seat in the House of Representatives and the greater influx of public funds.
The measure, House Bill No. 5647, was filed in 2019 by Rep. Leonardo Babasa Jr. but it has since languished in the House’s Committee on Local Government.
Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co said that having the measure enacted into law ensures more public funds will flow into the province, especially into the new district which, in turn, would help pump-prime recovery of the local economy from the devastating impact of the COVID-19…
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