Voters told to choose bets based on ‘actions’

Calapan City Mayor Paulino Salvador Leachon is urging voters to check their candidates’ track record on issues they care about and see for themselves how closely a candidate’s words match their needs.

“Actions speak louder than words,” he said in a press statement.

“Most voters know why a candidate is best fit for the job and are turned off by negative campaign and vague platform ideas,” he said.

“All that matters is your most noteworthy accomplishments and what you can do more for your people for their betterment and advancement,” he said.

Leachon, a lawyer and a two-term Calapan City mayor, is in the race for a House seat in Oriental Mindoro’s first district.

“We in the local government must show what impact our accomplishments have done,” he said.

Under Leachon’s program called “Tsek,” at least 2,000 jobs a year have been generated, the capacities of local cooperatives have been strengthened and more training programs have been made available.

In December 2011, Leachon, who juggled odd jobs as a taxi driver and fast food chain worker before becoming a public servant, was feted as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines (TOYM).