Cramming for the 2013 Elections: Cavite, who's your Vice Governor?

Yeah yeah, I said I'd post about elections but to be fair, I haven't posted anything in a while.

Their names may be familiar, but I'm finding it difficult to look for more details about those vying to be Cavite's Vice Governor this coming elections.

Let's take away the posters, the who's who and who has a relative in power and/or showbiz, shall we? Here's what I have so far.

 

But what does it mean to be the Vice Governor of Wherever?

The vice-governor exercises and performs the following powers, duties and functions:

(1) Act as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Legislative Body) and sign all warrants drawn on the provincial treasury for all expenditures appropriated for the operation of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan;

(2) Appoint all officials and employees of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, except those whose manner of appointment is specifically provided in the Local Government Code;

(3) Assume the office of the governor for the unexpired term of the latter in the event of permanent vacancy (as provided for in Section 44, Book I of the Local Government Code);

(4) Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the governor in cases of temporary vacancy (as provided for in Section 46, Book I of the Local Government Code); and

(5) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.   

If you have any details to share about them or any corrections about the data above, let me  know. 

Vote for the Philippines! Know your candidate-- List for Cavite (part 1)

Being an election year, one of my personal projects is to Vote for the Philippines (as in, bumoto para sa Pilipinas)- and give people the opportunity to do the same by giving them information on candidates.

And because I’m die hard probinsyana like that, I’m focusing on candidates from Cavite.

To begin with, let’s start by publishing the list of candidates for those vying for positions in the House of Representatives. Now what we have to remember is that because the municipalities of Bacoor and Imus have been converted into cities in 2012, they will each have a representative in Congress.

Source: List of Candidates for the 2013 Local and National Elections

What we have to accept now is that people usually have very little idea about what their representatives do or more importantly, what they're elected to do.

Committees, or small groups of representatives (called congressmen/women) study proposed laws (bills), and other matters relating to issues and concerns affecting our lives and our society. They, together with the members of the Senate, form the government's Legislative Branch-- or basically the branch in charge of enacting law.

In the next few weeks, I'll post the other lists and some information about the candidates and their parties. I think I'll try to write this series in Filipino so that the demographic I'm targeting will better understand it (good luck with that, self).