CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia hopes for the National Government to have close collaboration with local government units (LGUs), especially with the Cebu Provincial Government, under the Marcos administration, beginning with the LGUs being consulted on the choice of regional directors of national agencies.
“It would be nice if there would be this close collaboration between the national government offices and the Provincial Government of Cebu, even as I understand as well, that would also be the wish of all other chief executives of the four provinces and the cities and municipalities in Region 7,” Garcia said on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
Garcia said cooperation was needed to come up with rules and policies that would help Cebu’s recovery, especially amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
“So that is my small request, that we will be able to give also our own humble inputs and insights in the choice of regional directors that would be working very, very closely with the Cebu Provincial Government,” Garcia said.
“Because as what has been shown during these most difficult three years of my previous term, it really helps a lot that the regional directors of these different government agencies are in sync with the Cebu Provincial Government,” she added.
Garcia thanked the regional directors who had assisted the Province of Cebu in tackling challenges since she took office in 2019. She thanked Shahlimar Tamano of the Department of Tourism, Dr. Jaime Bernadas of the Department of Health (DOH), Dr. Salustiano Jimenez of the Department of Education, Shalaine Lucero of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Leocaldo Trovela of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Victor Caindec of the Land Transportation Office, and Eduardo Montealto Jr. of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, among others.
The governor tangled with the DOH and DILG secretaries of the Duterte administration over the management of the Covid-19 pandemic in Cebu.