Talisay City Administrator Challenges VM

Talisay City Administrator John Yre Delos Reyes on Saturday challenged his detractors to publicly open their respective Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) to prove their honesty to the public and the government.

The challenge was made by Delos Reyes against Talisay Vice Mayor Romeo C. Villarante who made his own assets of house and lot and other personal properties worth more or less P10 million as an issue against him.

Delos Reyes was hired by his father, Talisay City Mayor Johnny V. Delos Reyes as Talisay City administrator after the latter won as Talisay City mayor during last May 2013 elections.

But prior to his appointment in said position, the young Delos Reyes has already owned his properties with his family in the year 2009 yet.

Villarante, one of his detractors made some intriguing comments against him by putting him in a public shame, using his assets as effective tool to convince the public to believe that he engaged in graft and corruption.

Earlier before the 2013 elections, Villarante was planning to be a mayoral candidate against first district congressman Eduardo Gullas who then a mayoral candidate of the Alayon Party.

However, sensing that he will get loss, Villarante convinced Mayor Johnny Delos Reyes to be his tandem on the mayoral position believing the latter will not also win against Gullas.

Delos Reyes was already personally known by the Talisay folks being a five time loser in the mayoral candidacy.

But the 2013 elections showed him an unbelievable results when he toppled down the popular and considered as a giant politician Gullas.

Villarante at times attacked the mayor, including the young city administrator, being a mayor’s son.

Being new in a political arena because of a sensitive position given to him by his father, Delos Reyes lost his patience and at the height of his anger, challenged Villarante and all its cohorts, to produce their respective SALN from 2010 up to present and allow the public to view and see it with their own eyes.

But Villarante never took the challenge, so Delos Reyes ordered the vice mayor to check his records personally at the Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)office in Talisay.

The counter challenge made by Delos Reyes against Villarante has subdued the vice mayor from attacking the personal assets of the Talisay City administrator.

Delos Reyes said he is there to assist his father on all aspects of its plans not only to improve the Talisay assets and infrastructures but also on its people’s general livelihood.