The Citizen's Movement for Good Government endorsed candidates they will support in the May election at a gathering Saturday at the Bacolod Christian Center in Bacolod City and said they are endorsing Vice Mayor Renecito Novero, former Bacolod police director Chief Supt. Vicente Ponteras and independent candidate Councilor Lyndon Caña for congressman, mayor and vice mayor, respectively.

Novero is running under the Nationalist People's Coalition and Ponteras under the Liberal Party.

Mike Enabe, CM-Govern executive director, said they are endorsing for councilors Nanette Garcia, Roberto Tan, Wilson Gamboa Jr., Jonard Baldonado and Augusto Montelibano.

Ponteras said that if elected mayor of Bacolod, he wants to restore order in the city by running after criminal elements particularly the "Akyat Bahay" gang, although he failed to mention anything about the problem on illegal drugs.

He said he wants to be known as the Rodrigo Duterte or Alfredo Lim (Davao Mayor and former Makati Mayor, respectively) of Bacolod.

Ponteras said he believes the Salabas case will not affect his candidacy since his name was not included in the case filed in Gihulngan, Negros Oriental. He said even the fiscal said it is unbelievable for him to be involved in the case since he was the provincial police director of Negros Occidental at that time.

He said he is in favor of the new government center project so if he will be elected, he will have a new City Hall.*CGS

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