January 5- Olympia Makati Brgy. Captain, Romeo Medina, failed to attend a meeting with the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) at the Olympia Barangay Hall due to his tight schedule.After waiting for an hour, other officials received a message from the current captain that he could not make it to the conference. Medina explains that he needs to settle some concerns regarding his candidacy as councilor in the first district of Makati and he asked to reschedule the meeting with the youth representatives.
Jude Acepcion, one of the representatives, expressed his disappointment with this incident and adds that, “kung ganito nga, barangay palang, hindi na nagagwa ng maayos yung trabaho, pag naging konsehal pa kaya?” [If even in the barangay level, the work can’t be done properly, what more if he becomes councilor].
The recurring sentiment of the youth leaders stem from their previous experiences with Medina. In his absence on this scheduled meeting where they were supposed to discuss the programs being prepared for summer, more opinions stirred the young officials. “Parang hindi naman niya masyadong sineseryoso mga proyekto ng SK” [He doesn’t seem to take the projects of SK seriously], said Drew Bautista, another SK representative.
Medina has been in position for almost a decade. Starting as Kagawad, he became the Captain for one term then rose to being a councilor. Now that he plans to take the same route again after becoming the barangay captain for Olympia, the citizens would have to decide once again.
“Hindi ko na iboboto yan,” [I will not vote for him anymore] said Teresita Montealegre, a resident dentist and homeowner. “Kung talagang may magagawa siya, eh ‘di sana dati pa niya nagawa diba? Pero wala pa rin. Tapos ngayon pala mas inuuna pa nya pagtakbo niya kaysa sa yung ngayon.” [If there is really something he can do for the community, he could have done it before but until now, there is still no improvement. And he close to focus on his candidacy instead of dealing with urgent problems.]
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