Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Pampanga Governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda, and Vice Governor Lilia “Nanay” Pineda are expected to attend the declaration of candidacy for Pampanga First District Representative of Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr., to be held on June 28, 2024 at the Magalang Plaza in the Municipality of Magalang.
Lazatin’s younger brother, incumbent Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin II, Magalang Municipal Mayor Maria Lourdes ‘Malu’Lacson and Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo are also expected to attend.
Businessman and philanthropist Rodolfo “Tatay Bong” Pineda is also invited.
Last week, Lazatin announced that he will officially declare his candidacy for Pampanga First District Representative on what would have been the 90th birthday of his late father, Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin, who also served in the same position from 1987 to 1998 and from 2007 to 2013.
Lazatin is currently serving his tenth year in public service, having started his political career in 2013 when he first ran for City Councilor.
As a staunch advocate of the environment, Lazatin authored major ordinances for environment protection — City Ordinance No. 364 (Regulating the Use of Plastic Bags and Styrofoam in Angeles City) and City Ordinance No. 456 (Requiring Business Establishments to Conduct a Greening Program).
After two terms in the City Council, Lazatin was elected as City Mayor in 2019, where he continued efforts to protect the environment through landmark programs, such as the continuous reforestation of the Angeles City Watershed in Barangay Sapangbato and the ‘Walang Plastikan: Plastic Palit Bigas’ Program.
Under the ‘Walang Plastikan’ program, residents of Angeles City are able to exchange every kilo of their plastic waste for an equivalent weight of uncooked rice.
The ‘Walang Plastikan’ program is currently one of the national finalists for the Walang Gutom Awards 2024.
Under Lazatin’s administration, Angeles City has received numerous awards and citations, including the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awarded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in 2023.
Recently, the Angeles City ranked 5th among nine Philippine Cities with the largest urban economies in the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index.
In 2023, Lazatin was given the Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award in Government Service.
When Lazatin was re-elected for his second term as Angeles City Mayor in 2022, he became the first mayor in the city’s history to have been elected with more than 100,000 votes — winning in all clustered precincts in all 33 barangays of the city and obtaining a total of 112,953 votes.
(𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑎 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑎𝑡ℎ-𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑙𝑦-𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑔𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐾𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦’𝑠 33 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑅𝑜𝑦𝑐𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 16, 2023. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝐺𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠 ”𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑎” 𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑𝑎, 𝑃𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜 “𝐽𝑜𝑛” 𝐿𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝐼, 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑜 “𝑃𝑜𝑔𝑖” 𝐿𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝐽𝑟., 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑙𝑢 𝐿𝑎𝑐𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝑀𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑉𝑒𝑔𝑎-𝐶𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔.)
