ANGELES CITY -- Veteran politician Carmelo Lazatin vowed Tuesday, April 24, to implement health, education, and infrastructure programs if he will be given a chance to serve as chairman of Barangay Balibago here.
Lazatin, a former Pampanga first district congressman and Angeles City mayor, is now running for punong barangay in said village.
“One of our programs first of all is health. We should have sufficient [supply] of medicines [for the poor people],” he said in the vernacular.
Lazatin also mentioned the need to institute programs to upgrade all public schools in terms of education quality, physical structures and others.
The local government must provide scholarship to “poor but deserving students,” he said.
On infrastructure, the former mayor said barangay roads and drainage need to be rehabilitated.
“Those are the three programs which I think are important,” Lazatin said.
When asked about peace and order and illegal drugs, he pointed out that Balibago should be a crime- and drug-free barangay.
Lazatin, meanwhile, laughed off reports that he is no longer fit to run an elective position because of his deteriorating health condition.
His message to his constituents: he will work hard to realize his campaign promises.
Aside from Lazatin, businesswoman Tess Mamac will also run for Balibago chairman.
Mamac is the wife of incumbent punong barangay Tony Mamac, who is running for councilman in the said village under his spouse’s ticket.