Egay Uy .
EVEN as there are kinks, yet it’s never late for barangay officials to shed political colors and take time pondering upon their role as mandated by the Local Government Code. Ideally, political color-coding should be set aside after the elections.
The few who follow this column may have read about the call for barangay officials to just do their jobs as required by the Code. Without us even knowing, once this is done, everything else will naturally result in a hapsay community for all of us.
Section 389 of the Local Government Code requires barangay chairmen to assist the city mayor and the city council in the performance of their duties and functions, and one of these is the enforcement of laws and ordinances in the locality. This, on top of the basic function of enforcing all laws and ordinances that are applicable within their respective barangays.
On the other hand, Section 391 of the Code requires barangay councils to assist the barangay chairmen discharge their duties and functions. These are definitely not difficult to understand.
Not long ago, Mayor Oscar Moreno made the call for barangay officials to unite for one purpose – deliver the right services to the people saying, “Mas sayon ug ga-an ang paghatud serbisyo sa katawhan kon kitang tanang magka hiusa, sa walay kolor sa politika.”
This week, the associate editor of this paper, Cong Corrales, wrote about “Political will and traffic woes.” Well, I will not add to his observations, except that part of the solution is the action that is supposed to be initiated by the barangay officials.
Mr. Corrales has mentioned several areas in his column, and I hope the concerned barangay officials of these areas take the cue and do justice to their mandate under the LGC. By barangay officials I mean those who still incumbent until June 30, those who will be stepping down by then, and those who will be assuming office by noontime by the end of this month.
Think of it. Every undertaking is light if everyone does his or her share in the tasks at hand. If one office table is carried by four persons, and one of them lets go, the burden of the other three becomes heavier. And worse is if three will let go of their burden.
(Lawyer Egay Uy is serving in the city’s Regulatory and Complaints Board, and the local price coordinating council.)
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