Bambi offers `peace pipe' to Oca, City Hall critics

AMID the political turmoil in the locality, Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Emano said the provincial government is unfazed yet willing to work as partner of progress and development in Cagayan de Oro.

Citing his City Hall detractors, the governor said his family is fully aware about the `blame game' and the accusation that the Emanos have something to do in the dismissal orders against city mayor Oscar Moreno.

"Trabaho lang sa ta. Dugay pa kaayo ang piliay. Mohangyo ko tinabanga sa kita. Bisan sa kapait sa ilang pagpanglait, pagpangdagmal ug pagpangdaut, itunol ko pa gihapon ang akong tuong kamot aron mag-usa

kami sa pagserbisyo alang sa kalambuan sa lalawigan ug dakbayan," Emano said.

The governor said he does not have the interest to have Moreno ousted as mayor since the next to take over does not belong to their political party.

Emano believed that he was being bombarded politically because of the one-time special audit he initiated during his assumption in office where supposed irregularities in the Moreno's stint as governor were unearthed.

The capitol’s top official said it is but a normal procedure for an executive who is assuming a position to conduct special audit to determine all assets and liabilities of the provincial government and what to do next in the coming years of governance.

Emano said he has been keeping his silence every time the `unlimited’ relief of Moreno’s cases were issued by the Court of Appeals because he said `it is under the law’, but the same goes to the special audit he initiated which he said is also appropriate and lawful.

“Wala koy interest nga paphaon siya sa pagkamayor kay ang molingkod dili man kauban sa partido. Ang ila gyud nga naa lang silay mapakasala nga lantawon sila nga limpyo nga mga tawo. Ang ila nga naa silay matudlo ug malinla ug mailad ang katawhan,”Emano said “Gibatikos ko tungod sa akong special audit nga normal mana para malantaw kung unsa ang kasamtangan kahimtang before ko mag-assume dawbi karon kay nahibal-an man sa COA ang ilang mga kahiwian ug tinonto sa ilang panahon unya ako lugar ilang pakasad-on?”Emano added.

Emano did not directly state his intention to run for mayor in the next election, but said he will not back off come 2019.

Emano said the attacks may have been inspired by worries of the Moreno camp that he would likely run for mayorship in Cagayan de Oro.

The top local executive of the province said it would be up to his party and its leaders if he would pursue a mayoral bid.

“Dili unta sa maglabay sa lapok kay sayo pa kaayo para maghisgot sa politika. Pero sa hisgutanan sa debate nga ipakasala ko ninyo sa

special audit dili tamo sibugan sa capitol park or sa Gaston park pero didto na sa 2019,”Emano said.

“Nadungog nila nga modagan ko pagkamayor busa karon pa lang ila na kong gubaon ug daoton. Dili unta sa maglabay sa lapok kay sayo pa kaayo. Depende sa partido ug sa akong amahan ang mga political plans nako,”Emano added.