Councilors say no to March 19 holiday
Posted on February 25, 2009, 10:53 AM under Government, Religious Affairs
The Sangguniang Bayan on Monday turned down a request by the Parish Pastoral Council to declare March 19 as a non-working holiday, being the feast of the town patron – Saint Joseph.
“May DILG opinion na presidente lamang ang pwedeng magdeklara ng legal holiday sa kahit saan,” Councilor Ramon Matignas Jr. said in the session.
No document from the Department of Interior and Local Government was presented on the plenary, but BRO found a legal opinion dated April 4, 2005 issued by DILG in the Cordillera Autonomous Region. In the document, regional director Everdina Doctor said “It is a settled rule that only the President could proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place (Section 27, EO 292 otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1997). Since nowhere can we find any provision of the Local Government Code of 1991 (RA 7160) repealing or amending the aforecited proviso of the Administrative Code, it is understood that, still, only the President can declare such holidays.”
In an interview this morning, parish priest Romarico Hilario said that he hopes an executive order will be issued by the Office of the Mayor. When informed of the council’s decision, he disagreed with their position. “Presidente lang ang pwedeng magdeclare na walang pasok? Pang lahat o yung pang national pero sa local, may authority sila (local government),” Hilario said. He also said that since the local government was able to declare the last Sunday of January as the town fiesta, they should also have the authority to declare the holiday on March 19.
The request for the declaration came from the resolution of the PPC to Mayor Wilfredo Robles. They said that the people should be given a day to give thanks to the blessings given by its patron Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary.
A bigger copy of the resolution can be read here.
Letter from the Mayor’s Office asking the council to enact an ordinance proclaiming March 19 as a special non-working holiday. You can read the contents here.
Councilor Jose Evangelista also complained why the Catholic church did not consider the day after the town feast in January a holiday. “Bakit po noong makapiyesta sa atin eh holiday, sa kanila ay hindi holiday. Dapat Katoliko lang ang holiday, kasi maraming hindi Katoliko,” he said. He also raised the constitutional provision on the separation of church and state. “Mayroon pong sariling batas na sinusunod ang simbahan, at mayroon din po tayong sariling batas na sinusunod. Kaya walang conflict doon. Kung gusto man po nila na ipasunod yung March 19, batas po ng simbahan yun,” the councilor said.
Matignas also said that it will be unfair for other religions if the March 19 holiday will be approved because it is the feast of a saint. “Since patron saint ng simbahan ng Baras ay si Saint Joseph, bakit hindi po natin gawin holiday ang birthday ni Felix Manalo na isa po talagang history na sa Pilipinas, kasi po siya ay nakapagtayo ng relihyion na talagang kinikilala. Ganoon din ang birthday ni Martin Luther, ang gumawa ng Saksi ni Jehovah, mga Seventh-Day Adventist at mga Protestante. Malaki po talaga ang impluwesiyang ginawa ng simbahang Katoliko sa ating bayan. Ang sinasabi ko, it would be unfair to other religions kung isang sekta lamang ang ide-declare nating magkaroon ng holiday.”
On this, Hilario said: “Wala namang piesta ang ibang religion. Tayo lang.”
At the beginning of the heated discussion, some councilors suggested to have the request reviewed by a committee. Councilor Emmanuel Ola√±o also suggested to have a public hearing on the issue. “Masyadong gumugulo ang isipan ng mga tao dahil magkakaroon tayo ng dalawang piyesta. Sabi nga po ng mga tao, napakayaman naman ng Baras, dalawa ang piyesta – January at March 19. Sa akin pong palagay, hindi po tayo ang dapat magdesisyson nyan kundi ang taumbayan,” he said.
There were also suggestions to declare March 19 as a holiday, not because of the feast of Saint Joseph but as commemoration to the day Baras liberated from the Japanese during World War II. But when Matignas remembered that there was a DILG opinion saying that only the President can declare the holiday, the council concluded its deliberation. Evangelista suggested to have the legal opinion be sent to the PPC, with the council’s decision.
February 26th, 2009 at 7:39 am
As I look at it, the authority of the President to declare holidays is an exercise of executive prerogatives for national application. By analogy, the Office of the Mayor may declare holidays, most especially in observance of the Feastday of a Patron Saint, which by tradition has always been celebrated. Councilor matignas could not argue using the often repeated “tone”,”why not other religions? It is not favoring one religious organization that is at issue, but that of respecting an age old tradition. It just so happened that it is only the Catholic Church who has celebrated this tradition for the longest time. If other religions (INC,Protestants) have similar traditions, then the municipal government must as a matter of courtesy allow such celebrations and similar requests. However, the very important criteria must not be overlooked, that is, it must be a tradition. More so, if such an event has already metamorphosed as part of the culture of our town. Without a doubt, the celebration of the Feastday of our Patron, St. Joseph,Husband of Mary, has always been celebrated in Baras as a matter of tradition.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:10 am
This implied executive powers mentioned was recognized when in Senate Bill 2592, authored by then Sen. Alfredo Lim,(now Mayor of Manila)proposed that this implied power be expressly provided as law. Senate Bill 2592 reads,”An Act Authorizing the Local Sanggunians to Declare Special Holidays in Their Respective Localities to Commemorate Significant Historic Events and to Honor Local Heroes,Providing Guidelines Therefor,and for Other Purposes”. Fiestas forms part of this Bill.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:43 am
A VERY GOOD POINT INDEED!
February 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Section 27 of Executive Order 292 otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987 provides:
“Section 27. Local Special Days. РThe President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.”
Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 did not repeal this provision. There is nothing in the Local Government Code that is incontravention with the above mentioned provision of the Administrative Code of 1987.
Moreover, the Department of Interior and Local Government issued three legal opinions on the matter Legal Opinions 171 and 270 dated June 7, 1993 and November 3, 1993 respectively and the latest DILG-CAR Opinion No. 05-96 dated April 4, 2005. All three legal opinions stated that Local Government Units cannot declare special holidays because such power is vested on the President.
In the absence of jurisprudence, legal opinions of Administrative Agencies tasked to implement a particular statute, if not inconsistent with existing laws, rules, regulations and the constitution are given great weight and respect by our courts and by other government instrumentalities.
Ours is a government of law and not of men.
The law may be harsh but it is the law.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I know it’s not a popular decision to declare march 19 not a holiday but the law only allows the president to enjoy such power. as sparkplug has mentioned the said law was never repealed.
let’s just say that the said date was not declared a holiday as the status quo is, that does not prevent us from attending mass or to pray to St. Joseph to thank him for his interventions for us. we can pray on our own to thank him or even pray a thanks giving novena to him. if it was declared a holiday, still if you will not go to your place of work outside the town then you will be marked absent from work. We have to remember that the bulk of barasenians work in manila. thursday is a regular working day. so who will celebrate if most people are out of town working.
Not all barasenians are well to do. What about those working and receiving a salary on a daily basis. it’s a another day without food on their table.
the country has been subjected to so many holidays. are we not tired of it?
let us pray to St Joseph for guidance in our work, let us work like him. We can give thanks to him even if its a regular day.
If the law says the president is the only one with the prerogative to declare holidays, then it should be followed. Many of us wants the holiday. and what are you going to do on that day if it is a holiday? drink alcohol? gamble? eat more food than you can take? i bet you only a few will go to the church and take time to pray. let us be realistic.
giving thanks to our patron saint can be done in many ways not only on proclaiming a holiday.
again the law may be harsh but it is the law.
painless_md
February 27th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I know it’s not a popular decision to declare march 19 a holiday but the law only allows the president to enjoy such power. as sparkplug has mentioned the said law was never repealed.
let’s just say that the said date was not declared a holiday as the status quo is, that does not prevent us from attending mass or to pray to St. Joseph to thank him for his interventions for us. we can pray on our own to thank him or even pray a thanks giving novena to him. if it was declared a holiday, still if you will not go to your place of work outside the town then you will be marked absent from work. We have to remember that the bulk of barasenians work in manila. thursday is a regular working day. so who will celebrate if most people are out of town working.
Not all barasenians are well to do. What about those working and receiving a salary on a daily basis. it’s a another day without food on their table.
the country has been subjected to so many holidays. are we not tired of it?
let us pray to St Joseph for guidance in our work, let us work like him. We can give thanks to him even if its a regular day.
If the law says the president is the only one with the prerogative to declare holidays, then it should be followed. Many of us wants the holiday. and what are you going to do on that day if it is a holiday? drink alcohol? gamble? eat more food than you can take? i bet you only a few will go to the church and take time to pray. let us be realistic.
giving thanks to our patron saint can be done in many ways not only on proclaiming a holiday.
again the law may be harsh but it is the law.
painless_md
February 27th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Thank you for citing the provisions of the Admin Code and the LGC. Citing the Senate Bill authored by Sen. Lim only means that there is really no EXPRESS provision of law. However, I am not referring to the EXPRESS provision but the IMPLIED powers attached to the LCE or the Office of the Mayor in the exercise of executive prerogatives.
The efforts of citing the statues mentioned is well taken. At any rate, there was no need for it as such was not the issue presented.
February 28th, 2009 at 9:31 am
The clear issue is whether or not an lgu can declare a local holiday.
There is no ambiguity in the law, it is very clear that only the president may declare local holidays, hence there is no room for construction, the law must be applied as it is, the argument that it is an implied power of the municipal mayor is wrong because such power is clearly vested in the president alone.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:36 am
If that is the case, will the municipal government and the SB endorse to the Office of the President the letter-request of the Parish Priest? And at the same time exert efforts to have it approved. On implied powers, does this mean that in the event that an immediate and urgent decision is required of the Mayor, and the legal cover for it is not expressly provided, the mayor has still to go up to the OP and ask for approval? This is what I mean by implied powers, that is inherent in the exercise of executive prerogatives. Governance is not suppose to be technical as it involves public welfare. This is the spirit and rationale on the doctrine on implied powers.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Practically wise, LAWS should be looked at like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
If it has been made possible for Morong to come-up with a local holiday in lieu of their thanksgiving for the feast of St. Jerome, couldn’t we make it possible in honor of St. Joseph, the husband of Mary?
Regardless of religious affiliations, the Barasenians belong to one big family; a community where the majority enjoins the concept that the parish should be thankful for a year-round of blessings and guidance by the Almighty. Regardless of whom we address as the Almighty, the fact remains the same…WE SHOULD ALL GIVE THANKS and March 19 is a probable day should our local leaders make way for it just the same way the local leaders made it in other parishes and municipalities.
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 pm
the sangguniang bayan adopted two resolution this morning first a resolution requesting the president to declare the last sunday of january as the town fiesta of baras and second a resolution requesting the president to declare march 19 as the liberation day of baras from the japanese
LGU’s were granted three powers by the local government code namely police power, power of eminent domain and the power to tax, this powers cover all situations that may be faced by a local government unit especially emergency situations, declaration of holidays is not in anyway urgent or emergency, read the local government code so you know the extent of your local government’s power.
the declaration by morong of st jerome day as a holiday is not in accordance with law, if they did it the local leadership should be commended for not replicating a wrong done pursuant to a popular demand, what is popular is not necessarily right, the argument that laws should be interpreted to fit the people it is meant to serve is wrong, in fact it is self serving, if we follow that line of thinking,we will be moving towards mob rule, as said before dura lex sed lex, the law may be harsh but it is the law
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I believe my points have been fully expressed and understood by the readers
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Implied powers are supposedly for urgent and immediate needs. is the declaration of a holiday a life and death situation? governance yes is technical and it thus involve public welfare. but the law applies to all or none at all. if we catholics demand for a holiday on the said date then there is no hindrance for other sects to demand declaration of all holidays that they want. Let us be open minded. expressing our faith is not only thru the declaration of a holiday, it should be reflected more on how we live our lives, by being men for others. specially now that there is a global crisis, let us celebrate thru simplier means. holidays wont help much. remember there are a lot of barasenian laborers who lives on a day to day subsistence.
the president is currently besieged by a lot of major economic and political problems. do we have to add more burdens to her? she is the only one with the power to declare holidays.again, the law may be harsh but it is the law.
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:07 pm
please reflect on your argument and think about it because your arguments are either off tangent, misleading or cannot hold water
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
Not really… you wrote it as if you were in a senate investigation for law-making purposes, show off. ’twas long and boring, tinamad akong basahin. tinagalog mo na lang sana baka mas ok pa. So are painless’s and spark plug’s comments… dang…ang gagaling nyo keep it up men! lol
maybe i’m drunk or just a natural lo-ik…or both, or none of the above.
palagay ko hindi pwedeng tawaging tradisyon na pyesta ng baras ang march 19, dahil hindi naman nakagawiang ipagdiwang ang pyesta sa gan’tong petsa.
ang alam ko january opisyal, at ‘pag mayo, tradisyonal. pareho lang yan. With all due respect, ang mga taong simbahan ay mga taong pulitikal din, tradisyon na hanggang ngayon na dapat palaging may “say” o sinasabi ang simbahan sa mga nangyayari sa nasasakupan. Nagpaparamdam lang marahil na hindi pwedeng mawala ang impluwensya nila sa mga tao at sa SB.
Sigurado next year ito pa rin topic dito pagkatapos ng pebrero.
Just my bentsingko sentimos
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 am
You must have missed and I suggest you go back to your books again on the so called “Residual Powers” of government. Might as well run to the library and research on it right away. It seems that this legal principle is totally alien to you. On my part, I am of the belief that technical rules should yield in favor of well established traditions, which in the first place forms part of the law of the land. The Mayor should uphold it, to the point of being prosecuted, if only to emphasize his conviction of upholding well established traditions in his LGU. I believe, that the OP will be very sensitive to these kinds of request, and agree to declaring the holiday. The thing is, the Mayor is playing politics, plain and simple, since the Church does not recognize the self imposed fiesta of the municipal govt., for having ” No Liturgical Significance” as per Fr. Rico. This is nothing else but a retaliation under the guise of zealous compliance with the law, nothing more, nothing less.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
makikisingit ako…sa totoo lang dito sa issue na pinagaarguehan nyo ehh di ako makarelate..sobrang lalim ng mga english nyo,pwede tagalugin nyo nalang?..hirap na hirap na ko sa buhay ko,, diko masyadong maintindihan.. namomomoblema na ko kung saan ko hahahnaping dictionaryo yung mga ibang english.. dugo na ilong at tenga ko habang binabasa ko to.. naiiyak ako kasi di ko nga alam kung saan ko hahanapin yung ibang english.. pano maiintindihan ng mga taong bayan yan.. hirap na hirap na nga kami sa buhay nmin nahihirapan pa kami lalo sa paghahanap ng english na yun.. lalo kaming nahirapan..DI NA KAMI GUMINHAWA.. basat alam nmin.. magpasalamat sa dyos at magsaya sa mga biyayang binigay samin.. sapat na yun.. di na kaylangang idiklara pa ang holiday na yun.. iyun lang salamat..
March 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Salamat po aling maring. Nasabi ko na po lahat ng masasabi sa issue na ito. Kung talagang ayaw, lahat gagawin para masunod ang gusto! I rest my case on this issue.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
eniweiz..nasabi nyo na ang gusto nyong sabihin..naintindihan ko both parties..ako sagradong katoliko..pero dapat din tayong makisama sa ating pamahalaan..dapat noong may mga activities ng january..nakiayon na lang tayo kesa ang kumontra..tapos ngayon…hay naku..di ko mawarian kung nagmamagaling kayo or wat..mag intindihan na lang tayo..magbigayan..at magtulong tulong tungo sa pag unlad ng bayan..yun lang!!!!!
March 6th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
the exercise of residual powers is only authorized when there is no provision of law that provides for such power, however, in the instant case there is a specific provision of law which is section 27 of the administrative code that provides for the manner how local holidays are declared, hence no implied or residual power can be exercised
March 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Hindi na po kailangang ideklara ng pamahalaang bayan ang march 19 bilang “non-working holiday” dahil hindi naman lahat ng taga-baras ay makikinabang dyan, pili lamang ang magkakaroon ng “double pay” sa kanilang sweldo o kaya’y merong sweldo kahit hindi pumasok sa trabaho, ito yung mga nagtatrabaho sa munisipyo, mga titser, ewan ko dun sa mga nagtatrabaho sa mga establisimyento sa baras kung meron din, AT lalo na sa aming mga nagtatrabaho sa labas ng bayan ng baras, di tayo madaragdagan ng sweldo dyan heheheh. di na kailangan yan, magpasalamat na lamang tayo at nakakaraos pa tayo kahit na nagdarahop ang ating bansa….. bawi na lang sa May 1, at least, talagang walang pasok yun, at may sweldo pa kahit di pumasok, DI BA.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Alam nyo medyo magulo nga yung nangyayari sa bayan laging dalawa,fiesta, tyangge,pati pangulo ng magsasaka dalawa rin ,ano ba yan,minsan naging dalawa na rin ang meyor sa isang term,bat di na lang palitan ng name yung sa january pwede sigurong gawing feast of sikaran(parang di tama ang dating ng wording o mali talaga,sinadya kong maliin kasi mali naman talaga ang nangyayari, why somebody can’t accept na laging religious festival ang fiesta, pwede siguro sa january mga image ng national heroes and local heroes ang ipoprosisyon ng tao me sasama naman kaya pag ganun,let’s accept modern approach or idea to reach a commom goal. we are now on generation Y, some multi-national corporations said, they were even at young age can perform a work of a veteran on the top post,and done it even better.it’s also happening in baras, younger generations were elected as official without questioning their capabilities.and some are good even I’m on different party I salute them and accepted that they are capable.ayaw kong maging impokrito kasi malinaw pa mata ko.isinama ko yung sa dictionary para maging literal ang meaning sa ikaiintindi ng marami,I don’t like my children to grow up in a wrong tradition or what ever we call it,we are all lucky to have a person strong enough to say we are namulat sa maling paniniwala and he’s here to correct us although he is not from Baras, and remmember also our brother JESUS who died as a reformist to old tradition of HIS generation.He changed a lot and it was written for us to read and be guided.
excerpt meaning from dictionary:
feast day.
(plural feast days)
noun
1. day of religious festival: a day on which a religious festival takes place
2. day of eating: a day on which an elaborate celebratory meal is enjoyed
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May 11th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
MAGMULA NANG DUMATING YANG PARI NA YAN…
ANG DAMI NA KAGULUHAN…
MASYADONG ATRIBIDO…
DALAHIRA…
PAKIELAMERO…
LAHAT NALANG SINAKLAWAN…
LAHAT PINANGHIMASUKAN…
NUNG UNA… BUHAY LANG NG MGA ESTUDYANTE ANG PINAKEKEALAMAN.. TAKE NOTE: BUHAY SA LABAS NG ESKUWELAHAN… NA TRABAHO NA NANG MAGULANG…
NGAYON BAYAN NA…
ANO KA?
TUMAKBO KA NALANG KUNG YAN ANG GUSTO MO…
TAO ANG TANUNGIN NINYO KUNG ANO ANG GUSTO…
PAG DINIKTA NINYO GUSTO NINYO NASUSUNOD…
PAG SINABI NINYO…SINABI NINYO…
HINDI KAYO NAKIKINIG SA GUSTO NG IBA…
TAPOS PAG KAYO ANG HINDI NAPAGBIGYAN MAGAGALIT
KAYO…
TAONG SIMBAHAN HINDI MARUNONG MAGPAKUMBABA…
PAANO KA TUTULARAN…
SA SIMBAHAN KA.. DUN KA NALANG…
WAG MONG PAKIELAMAN ANG BAYAN…
May 11th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Makikiraan lang po…
Makiki-comment na rin po…andaming pong issue na dapat ayusin ng ating bayan, itong simpleng issue na ito kung gagawing holiday o hindi ay napakasimple kung tutuusin. Tanungin ang taong bayan kung favor o hindi. 1 thing for sure, yung nagtatrabaho sa gobyerno at ang mga regular na empleyado ay gusto nilang walang pasok, ang ang mga pangkaraniwang maggagawa na “no work no pay” ay tutol dito. Kung anuman po ang maging resulta ng botohan,tanggapin po ng maluwag sa kalooban.
Ibang issue na lang po ang inyong pagtalunan mga minamahal naming mga pinuno.
May 11th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
may tama ka jan yvonne. simpleng simple, wag ng magbitiw pa ng salitang maaanghang. baka tumama sa nagwika. pagtuunan na lang ng pansin ang mas kapaki-pakinabang na mga bagay. Sabi nyo, kayang-kaya pag sama-sama. Aba, pano mangyari yan kung sa isang bagay na pwedeng bigyan ng solution eh di magawa.
May 17th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Di naman mawarian kung ano talaga ang fiesta dyan sa Baras, minsan last sunday of January, minsan May 1st, tapos may March 19…depende na lang kung sino ang nakaupong Mayor. Ang gulo…Ang mamamayan pag di nila kakampi ang Mayor hindi daw maghahanda pero pag gusto ang Mayor tudo ang handa kahit ipangutang pa basta makapaghanda lang. My opinion, kung ano ang pinanukala ng simbahan doon na lang ako, yong walang bahid ng politika. Ang hirap na kasi alisin sa isipan ng mga tao ang pagka partidista. Kahit alam nila na walang kakayahan ang kanilang kandidato doon sila kasi yon ang nasa partido, kahit magaganda ang mga panukala ng nasa kabilang partido pag napunta sa minorya ng Sanguniang Bayan di uusad kasi kalaban. Kaya walang asenso ang bayan. Kung ang kaugaliang yon ang maaalis sa isip ng mga namumuno malaki sana ang pagbabago na hinaharap ang bayan kaso nga hindi ganun ang nagyayayari. Kaya napag iiwanan ng mga karatig bayan dahil sa sobrang pamumulitiko ng mga namumuno. Sana nga magbago na ng kaugalian ang mamamayan, dapat mag umpisa sa sarili. Dapat kumilos ang kabataan dahil sila ang makikinabang sa hinaharap na pagbabago. Tanggalin sa sestima ang pagiging partidista, Dapat ngayon na…
May 20th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I think dapat magtanong kayo sa munisipyo tungkol sa official fiesta day. the current administration already conducted a plebicite per barangay as to the date of the feast day and it was a consensus that january 31 will be the feast day. this was done when the robles administration started office. so walang magulo sa dates. people who are not aware of facts should check the official records from the municipal hall. wala namang problema sa sistema. may mga pumapapel lang na naghahanda para sa 2010. good luck sa inyo.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am
kanya kanya na lang ng fiesta!!!
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:35 am
TO SHERYL:
GANYAN BA GUSTO MONG MANGYARI ANG MAGKANYA KANYA NG FIESTA? ALA UNITY?LALO DI UUNLAD BAYAN NATIN KUNG SA SIMPLENG BAGAY DI TAYO MAGKAKAISA,PAGPAPAKUMBABA KAILANGAN, PARA MAGKAROON NG UNITY DI PAGKANYA KANYA. MAAYOS NA USAPAN, WALANG HALONG YABANG YAN ANG KAILANGAN PARA MAGKAISA ANG TAO, ANG NAMUMUNO AT ANG SIMBAHAN, TIYAK YUN! PANALO ANG LAHAT…
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
OMG!! you’re just trying to get back at me for your post on the other article.
Do you really think i was serious with kanya kanya fiesta? get a life!!!
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
then why did you post kanya kanya na lng if you don’t realy mean it,balisawsawin ka pala eh….and ano naman problem kung response ako from other article MASABA BA?
May 31st, 2009 at 7:29 am
JANUARY NA PALA ANG NAI-DEKLARA EH, SUMUNOD NA LANG TAYO. NAGMUNGKAHI ANG PARI, HINDI NASUNOD ANG MUNGKAHI NYA, SUMUNOD NA RIN LANG ANG SIMBAHAN.
I DON’T THINK POLITICAL ISSUE ANG FIESTA. HAKA-HAKA LANG NG IBA ANG KAHULUGAN NG PETSA NG PISTA BATAY SA KUNG SINO ANG NAKAUPONG ALKALDE. KUMBAGA, WALA LANG SIGURO SILANG MAISAGOT KAPAG TINANONG KUNG BAKIT GANITONG PETSA ANG PISTA NG BARAS.