Hugpong Federal Movement being organized into a political party

from left Atty. Joel Obar, National Legal Counsel of HFMP,  Sec. Gen Vergilio S. Dela Cruz HFMP and  block t-shirt Celso Tizon, National Chairman of HFMP

DUMAGUETE CITY, Oct. 20 (PNA) -- The national legal counsel of the Hugpong Federal Movement in the Philippines is happy to report the country is ready for the conversion of the movement into a national political party of the President.

In his words, Atty. Joel Obar said the country is already transformed into such and has been organized all over the country.

Obar just organized the Hugpong Federal Movement in Marawi and is off to Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte with a crowd of “Lumads” after which he will then proceed to an Igorot group in Baguio up to Kalinga and Laoag over the weekend.

With growing membership around the country, Obar believes formation of the national political party of the President is in order, with the expected merge of Hugpong ang the Kilusang Pagbabago, which is expected to be accomplished within the year.

Obar said once the Hugpong Federal Party of the Philippines is formed, it will be the party to follow through all the reform programs of President Rodrigo Duterte as the Hugpong Federal Movement and the Kilusan ng Pagbabago await the creation of the Presidential Commission on Federalism which is tasked to draft the Duterte version to be submitted to either the Constitutional Convention, Constituent Assembly or if not, to the People's Initiative.

Meanwhile, the position of the Hugpong Federal Movement of the Philippines is to sustain and maintain the Negros Island Region (NIR).

National legal counsel Atty. Joel Obar said Hugpong will push for the retention of NIR in requesting the President for a reconsideration.

Everybody knows that the formation of the NIR was a political bribe of the Liberal Party hoping that they will win in the elections with the LP standard bearer former DILG Sec. Mar Roxas even without a budget, Obar pointed out.

Obar believes the President could be listening to requests from different sectors to maintain the NIR because to date, the executive order that is supposed to dissolve the newly-born region has not been signed, and that many are crossing their fingers that eventually NIR will become another state of the federal form of government. (PNA)