WINDFALL FOR ISABELA MAYOR AND HIS FAMILY

Brandishing documents including the municipal government's plantilla or payroll, the candidate  has accused his rival for the mayoralty post of enriching himself and his family by getting the lion's share of the town's P142-million annual budget. According to the plantilla, the incumbent mayor receives a monthly salary of P53,000 while his wife whom he appointed as his executive assistant, gets P26,000 monthly compensation. A son and daughter-in-law, whom he appointed as executive assistants, receive P16,000 each as monthly salaries.

An irrigation canal of the Magat River Hydro-electric Power Plant in Aguinaldo Village operated by SN Aboitiz Power Plant, which pays millions of pesos in taxes to the town where it is located.

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      It was learned that the mayor defended himself by saying that the appointments of his relatives to their respective posts was legal.
     A scion of a distinguished political pedigree--his father Renato was town mayor for many years while his grandfather Angelino was Ramon's  founding mayor in the 1960s-- Vizcarra, 32, also accused the incumbent mayor of owning several expensive houses in the villages of Aguinaldo and Oscariz and in the poblacion. He also said that the mayor had several service cars including an Innova and a Lenux.
     Vizcarra, a dentist, also criticized the mayor for appointing 238 people to posts, some of which are high-paying. that do not benefit the town but serve only for his political advantage. Through job orders, 15 people were appointed as the mayor's personal bodyguards with daily salaries of P300 each. He claimed that the high-paying posts were given to outsiders.
     Vizcarra, who was overwhelmingly voted into office in the last local election, made the charges during a Liberal Party political rally in the village of Nagbacalan last Thursday.