Cagayan
de oro city: Saying he will not qualify himself for higher office
in the 2016 national elections, incumbent 2nd District Congressman Rufus
Rodriguez adds he will stay at the sidelines then, reports DxRU-Radyo Ultra.
Although his decision is
still to be formally discussed with party mates, Rodriguez, this early, has openly
declared his intention to take it easy for the next three years.
With so many things to happen
in the coming months, it’s still two years too early and the rumor mill have it
going that the congressman will possibly run for senator or mayor.
“Iyang gikumpirma nga
human sa iyang termino, mopahulay una siya sa tulo ka tuig ug magpaabot na
lamang siya sa kabubut-on sa publiko kon mobalik pa ba sa politika,” reports
DxRU.
Representing Cagayan de
Oro’s the second district beginning in 2007; he admitted that he would not wrestle
the mayorship of the city come election since he saw the present administration’s
good governance.
It can be recalled that
Rodriguez, a former Immigration commissioner, was the one who made an early
senatorial endorsement on DOJ Sec. Leila De Lima during the Bureau of
Immigration’s 74th anniversary.
The Congressman, then
said, he acknowledged De Lima’s “excellent performance,” a pronouncement which became
a sort of reversal when early in 2012 he was nominated as SC Chief Justice following
the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Month’s in advance, his
name was dragged in the controversial P10-billion ‘pork barrel’ fund mess where
he has since denied the allegations he was involved with any pork barrel scam
under his term since all his PDAF projects were accounted by the Commission on
Audit (COA).
Presently the House
member with the most number of bills filed that became law and with perfect
attendance, he received lately the Gold Vision Triangle Award, the highest
award given by the YMCA of the Philippines for his exemplary and distinctive
service to the Filipino youth.
The Cagay-anon lawmaker
presently chairs the ad hoc committee deliberating on the BBL at Congress.