MANILA, Philippines -- A Davao City councilor has urged constituents to help the council decide on how best to receive an unreleased internal revenue allotment (IRA) in an online poll he posted recently in his blog.
Peter Lavina, a public official who has been blogging for years, said that the city's council is currently debating on how to get the P142 million in IRA due to the reenacted budget in 2001 and 2003.
"Its City council is currently debating on how best to receive the amount with the national government offering three options," Lavina told INQUIRER.net in an e-mail message.
Hoping to encourage more public participation in governance, Lavina has for years been blogging about his city council and his job to promote participatory governance. He said the Davao city council will decide on the issue of the unreleased internal revenue allotment on July 1.
"I presided in the debates of the City Council on how best to get this sum. The national government is offering us two ways: Option 1 is to get this money by seven installments starting May 2009 to May 2015. Option 2 is to get the P142 million now at a discounted rate of just 70 percent," he wrote in his blog.
But during the discussion, he said the city council has looked at another option: Borrow money from Land Bank against this unreleased IRA share. That way, we get the whole amount and pay the interests from our regular IRA," he said.
"For lack of time, we decided to postpone the decision until the July 1 Regular Session. But, offhand, many of our colleagues are favoring the third option," he pointed out.
Lavina is one of few public officials actively blogging in the country.
Peter Lavina, a public official who has been blogging for years, said that the city's council is currently debating on how to get the P142 million in IRA due to the reenacted budget in 2001 and 2003.
"Its City council is currently debating on how best to receive the amount with the national government offering three options," Lavina told INQUIRER.net in an e-mail message.
Hoping to encourage more public participation in governance, Lavina has for years been blogging about his city council and his job to promote participatory governance. He said the Davao city council will decide on the issue of the unreleased internal revenue allotment on July 1.
"I presided in the debates of the City Council on how best to get this sum. The national government is offering us two ways: Option 1 is to get this money by seven installments starting May 2009 to May 2015. Option 2 is to get the P142 million now at a discounted rate of just 70 percent," he wrote in his blog.
But during the discussion, he said the city council has looked at another option: Borrow money from Land Bank against this unreleased IRA share. That way, we get the whole amount and pay the interests from our regular IRA," he said.
"For lack of time, we decided to postpone the decision until the July 1 Regular Session. But, offhand, many of our colleagues are favoring the third option," he pointed out.
Lavina is one of few public officials actively blogging in the country.
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