BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
The Committee on Local Government of the 16th Congress has suspended its deliberations on House Bill No. 112 for the re-apportionment of the lone
district of the Province of Aklan.

The municipalities of
Kalibo, Banga, Balete, Libacao, Madalag, New Washington, Batan and Altavas will
comprise the First Legislative District.
The first legislative district
has a population of 282,395.
The municipalities of
Numancia, Lezo, Malinao, Makato, Tangalan, Ibajay, Nabas, Malay and Buruanga
will comprise the Second Legislative District with a population of 253,330.
The House
committee meeting on Local Government, chaired
by South Cotabato Rep.Pedro Acharon, Jr., cited two weeks ago that it will have to wait for the submission
of the updated Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan resolution before it could further deliberate the
bill creating an additional legislative district in Aklan.
The proposed legislative measure for redistricting is sponsored by Aklan Rep. Teodorico Haresco, Jr.
On July 1, 2013, Haresco
refiled the measure in the 16th Congress after HB 3860, originally filed as HB
1006 on July 7, 2010 by then Aklan Rep. Florencio Miraflores, appeared 'shot down' in the Senate.
At the House, the proposed measure was recommended
for approval by the 15th Congress committee on local government based on its
Committee Report No. 427 on January 19, 2011.
On January 31, 2011, the
plenary unanimously approved on third reading HB 1006.
At the Senate, the final
version of Aklan redistricting bill on HB 3860 introduced by Miraflores
failed to pass on third reading last October before the filing of certificate of candidacy for
the 2013 elections.
In his explanatory note, the
Aklan solon cited, “the need to address the under representation of the
province in Congress given Aklan’s booming tourism industry and agro-marine
economy.”
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