Isko Moreno pays homage to Cebu’s community cooperative, vows to create more jobs

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno (center) visits Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (right) and Rep. Pablo John Garcia (left) at the Cebu Capitol on Friday, Nov. 5.

MANILA, Philippines — Presidential aspirant Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso on Friday visited the provincial capitol of Cebu, after he arrived on a Thursday evening to embark on his two-day “Listening Tour”.

The presidential bet of the political party Aksyon Demokratiko had a special gathering in one of the country’s biggest and most successful cooperatives, with over 150,000 members nationwide and more than P15 billion in assets.

Around 50 representatives of Cebu coops, including the Cebu CFI Cooperative Chairman Atty. Winston F Garcia and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn F. Garcia were gathered at the meeting hall of the CFI coop to hear Moreno’s views and programs, his role in the cooperative movement, especially the recovery of the Philippine economy after the COVID 19 pandemic.

The Garcia siblings gave their heart-warming messages to the mayor of Manila as Moreno was the only presidential candidate who visited the Cebu CFI and honored their late mother, Judge Esperanza “Inday” Fiel Garcia.

“You coming here Mayor, is an honor for the Cebu CFI but you bring honor to our mother and to our family. On behalf of our family, from the bottom of our hearts, we, thank you very much,” Atty. Garcia said.

“There have been other, well, national candidates that have been visited the capitol, but it is only ‘Yorme’ who asked if he may visit the Cebu CFI. You have done your research, Yorme,” the governor, meanwhile, said.

The Cebu CFI Cooperative was founded in 1970 by the late Judge Esperanza. CFI was initially built in response to the loan abuse practices imposed upon the Courts of First Instance of Cebu employees.

The Manila mayor pledged to the people of Cebu that if he gets their support, he will ensure the lives and livelihood of the people.

“Life and livelihood will be my utmost concern in the next two years. We will create more jobs, we will create more opportunity, lower oil taxes,” Moreno explained.

From the CFI Building, Mayor Isko Moreno will have a meeting with the One Cebu Party.