The following is the covering letter for the petition calling for the declaration of The Hon(?). Fancis Zamora, Mayor of San Juan City as Persona Non Grata, that I sent to the Baguio City Council...
SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD BAGUIO
thru THE HON. FAUSTINO A. OLOWAN
Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer
Cc:
thru THE HON. FAUSTINO A. OLOWAN
Vice Mayor and Presiding Officer
Cc:
THE HON. BENJAMIN B. MAGALONG, Mayor, Baguio City
THE HON. BETTY LOURDES F. TABANDA, Councilor, Laws, Human Right and Justice
THE HON. ISABELO B. COSALAN, JR., Councilor, Ethics, Gov. Affairs and Personnel
THE HON. FRANCISCO ROBERTO A. ORTEGA VI, Councilor, Public Protection and Safety
In view of and response to the incident involving Mr. Francis Zamora, Mayor of San Juan City, M.M., who entered the City of Baguio on June 5, 2020 during which, as has been established, he, along with his entourage broke not only the COVID-19 IATF guidelines on non-work travel under GCQ but also Baguio’s own quarantine protocols, an online petition was started calling for the declaration of Mr. Zamora as persona non grata in the City of Baguio.
For more than two months now, the city, together with its immediate neighbors in the LISTT area, has been under very strict quarantine protocols which majority of the citizenry dutifully, responsibly and respectfully obeyed. Because of this, the city, and with it its leaders, have earned praises for its remarkable achievements in our collective efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city. In the last couple of months, we have been witness to the inspiring display of discipline and community spirit by the Ibagiw, the citizens of Baguio.
We have many of our fellow Ibagiws who have remained stranded in various areas outside the city who continue to voluntarily remain away from home and their loved ones in order to conform to the city’s GCQ protocols. And as to our very own citizens who need to either re-enter or exit Baguio, they dutifully line up at various government offices for hours on end to ensure that they are following all rules and regulations established by the government, submitting themselves to all procedures and securing all the necessary paperwork and clearances required for such purpose. We’ve had to endure total lockdowns in various barangays due to reported non-compliance to quarantine rules and procedures, and such harsh repercussions have been humbly accepted and adhered to by the citizenry.
These are just a few examples of our own people’s sacrifices, and in short, we, citizens of Baguio, out of our own sense of responsibility and good citizenship, and inspired by the kind of leadership that many of our elected officials have shown during this calamity to achieve our shared purpose of keeping the citizens of Baguio as safe as possible, have made great contributions and continue to do so to achieve that collective goal.
With that, and the fact that scores of our own citizens have been arrested for various, some even lesser, quarantine rules violations, we cannot let the incident involving the Mayor of San Juan City be swept under the rug for not only is it an insult to all the sacrifices that the community has made, or calls into question the credibility that our local government has worked so hard to earn not only locally but from the entire country, but more importantly, his action sets a very dangerous precedent, is a mockery of our collective efforts and leaving it unaddressed encourages injustice and inequality. So, on behalf of the signatories, I hereby submit the initial result of our online petition (http://chng.it/8h26rQZm) to declare Mr. Fancis Zamora, Mayor of San Juan City as persona non grata in the City of Baguio, which in just 24 hours and as of this writing, have garnered over 10,000 signatures.
In our collective effort to protect the health, well-being, dignity and honor of the people of Baguio, I shall remain,
Yours sincerely,
THE HON. BETTY LOURDES F. TABANDA, Councilor, Laws, Human Right and Justice
THE HON. ISABELO B. COSALAN, JR., Councilor, Ethics, Gov. Affairs and Personnel
THE HON. FRANCISCO ROBERTO A. ORTEGA VI, Councilor, Public Protection and Safety
In view of and response to the incident involving Mr. Francis Zamora, Mayor of San Juan City, M.M., who entered the City of Baguio on June 5, 2020 during which, as has been established, he, along with his entourage broke not only the COVID-19 IATF guidelines on non-work travel under GCQ but also Baguio’s own quarantine protocols, an online petition was started calling for the declaration of Mr. Zamora as persona non grata in the City of Baguio.
For more than two months now, the city, together with its immediate neighbors in the LISTT area, has been under very strict quarantine protocols which majority of the citizenry dutifully, responsibly and respectfully obeyed. Because of this, the city, and with it its leaders, have earned praises for its remarkable achievements in our collective efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city. In the last couple of months, we have been witness to the inspiring display of discipline and community spirit by the Ibagiw, the citizens of Baguio.
We have many of our fellow Ibagiws who have remained stranded in various areas outside the city who continue to voluntarily remain away from home and their loved ones in order to conform to the city’s GCQ protocols. And as to our very own citizens who need to either re-enter or exit Baguio, they dutifully line up at various government offices for hours on end to ensure that they are following all rules and regulations established by the government, submitting themselves to all procedures and securing all the necessary paperwork and clearances required for such purpose. We’ve had to endure total lockdowns in various barangays due to reported non-compliance to quarantine rules and procedures, and such harsh repercussions have been humbly accepted and adhered to by the citizenry.
These are just a few examples of our own people’s sacrifices, and in short, we, citizens of Baguio, out of our own sense of responsibility and good citizenship, and inspired by the kind of leadership that many of our elected officials have shown during this calamity to achieve our shared purpose of keeping the citizens of Baguio as safe as possible, have made great contributions and continue to do so to achieve that collective goal.
With that, and the fact that scores of our own citizens have been arrested for various, some even lesser, quarantine rules violations, we cannot let the incident involving the Mayor of San Juan City be swept under the rug for not only is it an insult to all the sacrifices that the community has made, or calls into question the credibility that our local government has worked so hard to earn not only locally but from the entire country, but more importantly, his action sets a very dangerous precedent, is a mockery of our collective efforts and leaving it unaddressed encourages injustice and inequality. So, on behalf of the signatories, I hereby submit the initial result of our online petition (http://chng.it/8h26rQZm) to declare Mr. Fancis Zamora, Mayor of San Juan City as persona non grata in the City of Baguio, which in just 24 hours and as of this writing, have garnered over 10,000 signatures.
In our collective effort to protect the health, well-being, dignity and honor of the people of Baguio, I shall remain,
Yours sincerely,
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