Greetings in Christ!!

I am President Arnold Garbanzos of the Rotary Club-Iligan.  Remember me sir?  I was the one with Mr. Jun Tenorio who went to the house of your son in CDO way back in the 2002 election to invite you to grace an affair in our Rotary Club in Iligan and at the same time to induct (then) Mayor Alejo Yanez and (now)  Mayor Lawrence Cruz for the PDP-Laban.  The whole event was held at Maria Cristina Hotel.

I write you today, since I am the convenor too of the Moral Force Movement in Iligan and the Lanao provinces.

Reviewing the Local Government Code of which you are considered the Father and Initiator, I would like to suggest that an amendment be made to incorporate and institutionalize the Moral Recovery Department to be included as one of  the offices in the provincial, city and barangay level.

This can be easily justified through Executive Order 319 (dated April 3, 1996) and Proclamation No. 62 (dated September 30, 1992) both done by then President Ramos.
Also Republic Act 6713-The Code of  Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees-can also be quoted to justify the inclusion of this very important department in our local governance.  Even GMA herself has executive orders on value formation and moral recovery, hence inclusion of this very valuable department is not very difficult to pass in the two houses of congress.

The lack of a moral foundation in our LGUs have contributed greatly to the corruption of our local officials even to the level of the Sangguniang Kabataan, a very sad fact indeed.

Also I would like to suggest that the 3 sectoral representatives you mentioned in Section 457, Article 3, (subsection B) be expanded to include 2 more additional sectoral representatives and all on a  MANDATORY BASIS FOR THE LGUs CONCERNED (since many LGUs do not comply strictly with the Local Government Code on this):

One is for women;
Two for the agro-industrial workers;
Three for the urban poor or disabled persons;
Four for the indigenous cultural minorites or I.P.s;
And five for the religious and spiritual community to represent the moral recovery sector of the LGU.

In this way I believe all sectors are sufficiently represented and that God and His principles be an everyday reality in the honored halls of the province, city and barangay.

As the Father of the Local Government Code of our country, I know that the wisdom given to you by God in its creation would allow you to expand it for His glory and honor.

I was happy to see you on TV during the JIL anniversary with Brother Eddie, praying for our political sector Senator.  It is a blessing to see you standing upright for the cause of our God and our belloved country.

Also allow me to invite you in advance Senator for our 50th club anniversary of the Rotary Club Iligan on January 23, 2010 which will be held at the roof top of Maria Cristina Hotel, it is a Saturday Senator hope you can make it please.  You will be our keynote speaker for that night. Also on that night we are formally (and hopefully) launching the Moral Force Movement in Iligan and the Fellowship of Christians in Government (FOCIG)-Iligan City Chapter. The Moral Force Movement will be represented by the Chief Justice himself while FOCIG will be represented by their National Chairman and a classmate of mine, Mr. Niels Patrick Riconalla, also of Iligan.  We are just finalizing our formal invitations for all of you this week.

Hope to see you soon Senator  and God bless!!

Brother Arnold Garbanzos
MFM-Iligan