CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- A group of traders, investors and local officials from Pampanga are set to lobby before presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte to consider the appointment of top Kapampangan businessman and Angeles City son Dr. Irineo “Bong” Alvaro as the next president of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC), replacing former CDC chief Art Tugade.
The group, which requested not to be named yet prior to its coming out in the open soon, disclosed that Alvaro, president of BB International Leisure and Resort Development Corporation which operates giant Midori Clark Hotel and Casino at Clark Freeport, “is the best man to lead CDC and propel it to further, much needed and awaited development.”
“We are calling on our presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte to consider appointing Dr. Alvaro as the next president of CDC. It is a known fact in the business, socio-civic and political circles that he is the best man to lead Clark and spur it to further development,” the spokesperson of the group said.
Alvaro, armed with a doctorate degree in Public Administration from Angeles University Foundation, the group said, has divested himself as a businessman and has the experience, expertise and capability to run CDC, with the big plus of integrity, as the former three-term Angeles city councilor and city administrator was never tainted with corruption or any other issues as a public servant.
“Dr. Alvaro has never been connected to graft and corruption when he was a local official and public servant. He has the integrity, character and acumen needed to run Clark. A big factor here is that Dr. Alvaro knows all and is adept with issues concerning the CDC and the Freeport,” the group stressed.
Alvaro, the group said, has always been an advocate of development, going beyond the confines of his own businesses to help others boost progress in North and Central Luzon, including the whole countryside, aside from paying attention and assisting various communities and sectors through his corporate social responsibility programs and charitable projects, especially education and health.
“Having Dr. Alvaro at CDC will spell out the difference for Clark and the entire North and Central Luzon growth corridors. He is a strong advocate of development with the heart for the people and of course, business and progress for all. We hope that our incoming president would consider his appointment through a request we would formalize soon,” the group said. (JTD)