BACOLOD CITY - Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia was elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) during its 68th General Assembly and Election of National Executive Board at the EDSA Shangri-La in Manila recently.
– Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia was elected president of the League of Cities of the Philippines during its 68th General Assembly and Election of National Executive Board at the EDSA Shangri-La in Manila recently.
Leonardia will serve as LCP national president for three years. Other newly-elected LCP officials include Joy Belmonte-Alimunung of Quezon City as executive vice president; Edgardo Labella of Cebu City as national chairman; Ronnel Rivera of General Santos City as national vice-chairman; and Arnan Panaligan of Calapan City as secretary-general.
The newly-elected officers took their oath of office before Senator Francis Tolentino, who was also LCP national president when he was the city mayor of Tagaytay. LCP is a formal organization of all 145 cities in the country. Some 40 million people, or half of the country’s population, live in cities.
Leonardia was previously elected deputy secretary-general for the Visayas in 2016, executive vice president in 2010, vice chairman in 2007, deputy secretary-general for the Visayas in 2004, and vice president for the Visayas in 1995.
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