Calapan mayor is district LP chair, says party exec

The ruling Liberal Party in the first district of Oriental Mindoro is headed by Calapan Mayor Paulino Leachon, a top LP official said.

Ma. Gladys Cruz Sta. Rita, director general of LP, called on LP national headquarters in a Jan. 25 memorandum to correct an entry in a January 2011 publication that did not list Leachon as LP chair in the first district.

“Leachon remains the duly appointed chair of the first district,” the memorandum said.

In a statement, Leachon quoted Board Member Henry Bacurnay as saying it was an “honest mistake.”