THE League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) expressed its unwavering support for the administration’s development agenda of President Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr. detailed in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 following the presentation of the LMP National 2023 General Assembly Declaration at the Manila Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
LMP National President Mayor Joseph Santo Niño “JB” Bernos of La Paz, Abra presented the declaration to Marcos who graced this year’s league assembly with the theme, ‘Strengthening Municipal Capabilities Around Autonomy and Fostering Resiliency.’
In a declaration, the municipal mayors reiterated their position and call “for strengthened complementation between the national and local governments as one of the cornerstones in achieving the national goal for actualized economic and social transformations to reinvigorate employment generation and to accelerate poverty reduction as articulated in the newly-minted PDP plan.”
“This declaration, therefore, is a testament to our unwavering support of the Marcos Administration’s development agenda and a show of our solid commitment to continuously partner with the national government, coupled with collaborative action and cooperation between local authorities, towards the shared goal of a better Philippines in 2028,” the LMP said in their declaration.
Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr, received the copy of the declaration of support from LMP national president Joseph Sto Nino Bernos.
The LMP was created through Republic Act 7160, also known as the Local Government Code of 1991, which states that there shall be an organization of all municipalities in the country that shall convert issues affecting municipal government management and formulate solutions to such matters.
Part of the LMP’s powers, functions, and duties is to ‘assist the national government in the formulation and implementation of the policies, programs, and projects affecting municipalities’ in the country, ‘promote local autonomy at the municipal level’ and ‘supplement the efforts of the national government in creating opportunities for gainful employment within the municipalities’.
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