by Atty. Adolfo Lopez, Jr.
Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, April 16 (PIA) – The Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) of Zamboanga Sibugay conducted an election on April 12, 2012 at Roderic’s Resort and Restaurant, Taway, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. It was a successful event, as there were a number of candidates who participated representing the different sector-organizations in the province and elected new set of members who will man the CARP coordinative and deliberative collegial body.
Elected members were Efren Napigquit, Wilfredo Miel, Harriete Bayawa, Imelda Lumasag, Lydia Paid, Erlinda Lozano, Miguel Almase, and Federico Manlang, representing the different sector-organizations. Also screened and endorsed for PARCCOM chairmanship by the PARCCOM evaluating committee was Vicente Matugas who will serve the said position upon his appointment by the president of the Philippines.
Sections 44 of RA 6657, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, created the PARCCOM to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in the provincial level. It further mandates the PARCCOM to provide information about Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) guidelines on CARP and the progress of its implementation.
Spearheading the said event were the Department of Agrarian Reform officers headed by PARO II Rizzel Villanueva, Legal Division Chief Atty. Alan Tolorio, Wilfredo Ampong, Beneficiaries Development and Coordination Division (BDCD) chief, Perlidita Engalla, Operations Division Chief, and Ana Georgina Saysip-Sebastian, Admin and Finance Division chief.
Prior to the election proper, DAR Zamboanga Sibugay Information Officer Atty. Adolfo Lopez, Jr., DAR Paralegal Officer Euphemio Masanegra and PARCCOM Head Secretariat Romulus Perez conducted lectures to the candidates and aspirants during the orientation about the PARCCOM and the duties and responsibilities of its chairman and members.
Also present during the election were representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other government agencies who pledged their full support on the objectives, activities and functions of the PARCCOM. The newly-elected PARCCOM members will be taking their oath on May 10, 2012 and are set to act in full force upon the official appointment of the PARCCOM chairman by the President. (ATL/DAR-ZSP/PIA9/CAL)
