THE Iloilo City Festivals Foundation Inc. (ICFFI) elected Thursday, June 27, its set of interim officers during its first organizational meeting held at the Lone District Office.

ICFFI is the new group tasked to handle the Dinagyang Festival under the administration of Mayor-elect Jerry P. Treñas.

“This meeting was for the purpose of setting up people that would work on Dinagyang, who has the big responsibility to make sure the festival will run on its own without consideration of what happened in the past,” incoming executive assistant for tourism Benito Jimena said.

The people personally handpicked by Treñas to compose ICFFI mostly come from the Chinese-Filipino community and the business sector.

Heading the set of interim officers is businessman Rogelio Florete as chairperson. Felipe Uygongco was named vice chairperson, Jobert Peñaflorida as president, Ronald Raymond Sebastian as vice president, Roland Uy as treasurer, and Judgee Peña as PRO.

ICFFI members are John Alexander Que, Allan Ryan Tan, Phillip Chua, Joemarie Layson, lawyer Eugenio Hautea, Molly Grande, Ivy Gurrea, Angel de Leon Jr., and Honorato Espinosa.

Jimena said the tripartite agreement will continue and will soon be forged between ICFFI, Iloilo City Government and San Jose Parish for the organization of Dinagyang 2020. (PR)