CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Two candidates in the local elections in Pampanga yesterday reminded their supporters to respect environmental laws in posting campaign materials.
Aurelio “Brenz” Gonzales and Michaela “Mica” Gonzales, candidates for councilor in Pampanga‘s capital city and board member of the Third District, respectively, made the joint call to their supporters shortly after the start of the campaign for local elections on Friday.
The siblings—children of reelectionist congressman Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales, Jr. of Pampanga‘s third district, noticed during their rounds in their respective areas that several of their posters have been pinned on trees.
The Gonzaleses said that they immediately called supporters and campaign staff to take down their campaign materials that are not in Commission on Elections (Comelec)-authorized spots.
Mica, who is among the frontrunners for a slot in the provincial board, talked to her supporters about the oversight and promised that her campaign will involve the advocacy for the environment.
“I believe that this is just an oversight on the part of our supporters. Though, I thank them for helping us in our campaign, I would also appreciate if they will also share my advocacy for the environment,” Mica explained.
Brenz, a candidate for the city council under the Kambilan party, said that he and Mica want to be representative of the youth who are aware of environmental issues.
“Because we are part of the generation that reaps whatever environmental good or ills done in the past, we should start a new set of leaders who will do only what is good for Mother Nature to benefit the next generation of Filipinos,” Brenz explained.
The brother and sister tandem said that aside from just calling the attention of their leaders, they will also personally inspect the posting sites for their campaign materials to ascertain than no trees are harmed.
They also called on other political candidates to check with their own campaign staff to tear down posters that have been nailed or tied on trees.
“Let’s show a good example to the people we want to vote for us. We should all vote first for environmental protection,” the Gonzaleses added.
