On Monday, Sangil described the race as “a welcome development.”
Sangil, true to his calling as a journalist, beat the deadline when he filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) at 4:50 p.m. at the Comelec office on Friday joining Partido Abe Kapampangan reelectionist candidate Max Sangil, Jay’s uncle, and his younger brother Christopher “Teta” Sangil, who belongs to the Lingap Lugud party of mayoralty candidate Sen. Lito Lapid, in the city council race.
Sangil said it will be his wish to see his uncle Max win another seat in the council. “He (Max) can stand up to any senator and understands the ins and outs of legislation,” he said.
As for his younger brother, he said he has “no comment.”
Sangil said he is running as an independent candidate. However, Sangil said he will also be campaigning for the reelection of Rep. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao who “is very supportive of me.”
Guiao is the Liberal Party (LP) candidate for the first congressional district of Pampanga.
Sangil said the Nepomucenos are also supportive of him. He said when he ran for vice mayor in the 2013 polls he beat incumbent Vice Mayor Vicky Vega-Cabigting in Barangay Cutcut, a bailiwick of the Nepomuceno clan.
Sangil disclosed that until the last minute, “I lost the fire in my belly.” He explained that he simply lost his appetite in running for political office.
But close friends and his leaders in the different sectors like workers and scholars are pushing him to run. He said even persons with disabilities or PWDs working as movie checkers at SM Clark are pushing him to run.
That’s why he said he finally relented because of his desire for public service. “It’s my passion,” he said.
Accomplishments
Sangil is the top-notcher in the 2004-2007 city council in terms of passed and approved ordinances and resolutions. He authored an ordinance involving cooperatives which granted them tax exemptions and other privileges; he authored the gas station safety measure; CCTV installation in all businesses along the city’s main thoroughfare; an ordinance mandating underground cable system of all telecoms and the removal of “spaghetti wires;” and he also championed the removal of the labor employment age limit among others.
Committee chairmanships
As chair of labor committee, Sangil was instrumental in resolving amicably labor-management disputes in a Taiwanese garments factory at the Angeles City Livelihood Village by helping 700 workers in getting their pay worth P45 million; 300 workers in a Japanese company in Clark; 2,000 workers of an RTW factory in Clark; he also caused the granting of death incentives to workers in Balibago restaurants.
Sangil has 10 college scholars and hundreds of high school and elementary scholars under regular educational assistance.
Sangil used his personal funds in granting health services and livelihood assistance to a number of his constituents.
Sangil also exposed the substandard construction of several hundred housing units in Northville Subdivision in Barangay Cutud where hundreds of Angeles City families formerly living along the railways were transferred.
Future plans
Sangil vowed to continue what he has started in the council with his active participation in legislative work and carry on with his way of delivering basic and social services to his constituency.
