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The brand new village, Juan-Loreto Tamayo, named after the grandparents of South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., is carved from three current barangays in Tupi the place the governor was as soon as mayor
SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines – A brand new village has been created on the foot of Mount Matutum in Tupi city, South Cotabato, after residents ratified its creation in a low-turnout referendum on Saturday, July 13.
With the brand new village, Tupi city, labeled as a first-class municipality, now has 16 barangays.
The brand new village, Juan-Loreto Tamayo, named after the grandparents of South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., was carved from three current barangays within the city the place the governor as soon as served as mayor.
Tamayo, recognized to be a detailed ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is the president of the administration Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), a place being contested by a few of its members.
The Fee on Elections (Comelec) mentioned on Sunday, July 14, that of the two,485 voters who forged their votes, 2,393 or 96% voted sure, whereas solely 89 objected to it.
Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia, who was current throughout the referendum, mentioned, “The voting went easily and peacefully,” attributing it to the presence of police and navy personnel.
Solely about 25.45% of the 9,765 registered voters within the communities lined by the plebiscite forged their ballots. Tupi city has 50,007 registered voters, mentioned election officer Sharon Alim-Hamid.
Of those that forged their votes, not less than 1,294 voters got here from Barangay Cebuano, 569 from Linan, and 622 from Miasong, she mentioned.
The South Cotabato provincial board earlier handed Decision No. 158-2023, in search of the creation of Barangay Juan-Loreto Tamayo, prompting Comelec to promulgate Decision No. 10993 on Could 3, and schedule the July 13 plebiscite.
The brand new village sits on 2,300 hectares that was once a part of Cebuano, Linan, and Miasong, and which lies alongside the Mount Matutum Protected Panorama (MMPL).
As a protected space, MMPL falls inside the protection of the Enhanced Built-in Protected Space System Act (E-NIPAS), designed to reinforce organic range and defend towards human exploitation.
With the creation of the brand new village, populated principally by the indigenous individuals Blaan, environmentalists and the group Save Mount Matutum Protected Panorama (SMMPL) expressed apprehension that the brand new village might draw extra companies and other people, doubtlessly affecting the ecology and biodiversity of the world.
And the group Save Mount Matutum Protected Panorama (SMMPL) concern a doable deterioration of the protected space as soon as traders and merchants develop the place for his or her companies.
They mentioned unlawful constructions of buildings and homes have been occurring virtually unabated, regardless of the discover of violations and stoppage orders issued by the Mount Matutum Protected Space Administration Board. – Rappler.com
