NO TO THE ONE NEGROS ISLAND REGION, YES TO THE OBLITERATION OF THE PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS

 

by Felizar Mortillero

It seems like the ONE NEGROS ISLAND REGION would be a reality, and because of this I am expecting that many provinces which have similar sounding names would also follow suit and make their own administrative regions, hence I would not raise my eyebrows if there will be a ONE LEYTE ISLAND REGION, ONE SAMAR ISLAND REGION, ONE CAMARINES REGION, ONE LANAO REGION, ONE COTABATO REGION, etc.,etc.

This sad possibility would tantamount to billions of pesos being squandered for this useless purpose. Why did I say useless? It is because in order for an administrative region to be established the government has to spend billions of pesos just for the creation of one region save from the possibility of corruption that may probably happen in every regional office of a bureau.

Don't you know that United States of America being the lone country with a "SUPER POWER STATUS" has no administrative regions? Because of this America has no administrative regional offices, thus America does not have to spend millions or billions of dollars to maintain an administrative region, ergo the United States eludes a possibility of making the government of making it a bigger government when America as a super power country has the right to do it.

Can you just imagine how many billions if not trillions of pesos does the Philippine Government save if this Administrative Regions be obliterated? Can you just imagine how big the savings of the Philippine Government be if the Philippines lessen its bureaucracy? I will tell you my friends, the truth is this, the Philippines is one of the biggest government in the whole world if not in the whole universe, but it is one of the smallest in terms of land area.

In view of the foregoing arguments and premises, I am respectfully recommending that the proposed ONE NEGROS ISLAND REGION in particular be frowned upon and be rejected and all of the ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS in general be defaced for purposes of economizing on the part of the government and of the State. SO BE IT.