03 Dec 2008
K of C to spearhead public forum on HUC
by JOEY A. GABIETA

TACLOBAN CITY - Voters of this city would now have a chance to learn more about the hottest issue in the city - Tacloban's bid to become a highly urbanized city.
A public forum is to be held on December 10 wherein prominent proponents on the HUChood of the city as well as those who are opposing for its reclassification would be invited.

The forum is to be held at the Tacloban Convention Center around 2 in the afternoon.
The Commission on Elections-sanctioned activity is to be spearheaded by the Knights of Columbus with the support of various media outlets based in the city.
Accordingly, those who are pushing for the reclassification as well as those who are opposing for it would be given ample time to explain on their respective stand.

Issues relevant to the HUChood like its political, economic and legal implications would be discussed during the public forum by the concerned parties.
Likewise, audience who would ask questions, in a written form, are to be refrained from asking questions that would tend to embarrass the invited guest.

Among those to be invited to the public forum are Mayor Alfred Romualdez who is endorsing the HUChood and Vice Mayor Arvin Antoni who is among the leading personalities opposing the reclassification.
The public forum is designed to help the residents of this city, especially its more than 107,000 registered voters, decide whether they would vote for "yes" or a "no" on the plebiscite called for this purpose.

The public forum is open to all sectors who want to know more about the issue that has serious implications not only to the city itself but to the entire Eastern Visayas region, the proponents of the said activity said.
The Comelec has scheduled the plebiscite on December 18 with a single question whether the qualified voters of the city would approve the reclassification of Tacloban from being a component city into a highly urbanized city.
The Comelec had earlier encouraged various sectors to initiate "informative" public campaign on the issue to help enlighten the city's residents and its voters about the issue.


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