“Codilla is a pro-life solon”

Congressman Dodong Codilla during the inauguration of P 2 Million
Box Culvert in Brgy. Rizal, Kananga, Leyte with DPWH 4TH Leyte
Engineering District, Asst. DE Engr. Irwin Antonio. (photo from WLWE)

EV Mail mislead the readers

A weekly newspaper in this city (not WEST LEYTE WEEKLY EXPRESS) mislead the public for including 4^th district, Congressman Eufrocino “Dodong” Codilla, among the anti-life solons in their banner story “Church ask voters to junk anti-life solons”.

Sources from the congressional office said that the aforesaid reports contained information contrary to facts because the solon will not in anyway support the proposed bills, which the Church considered as “anti-life and anti-family”, because he is a devout Catholic.

The said report was allegedly based on a national newspaper article, not mentioning the date of its release, thus the report is incomplete and not presented in details. The worse is that it did not specify what particular house bills that they are referring to, but went only to mention that names of these congressmen, without getting their sides.

Last month, Cong. Codilla sent a letter separately for Most Reverend Jose Palma, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Palo, and to Msgr. Bernardo Pantin, parish priest in Ormoc, informing them about his stand on the so-called “anti-life bills”. The solon assured the high-ranking presbyter that “Proposed Bills on the creation of a Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Act, Comprehensive Juvenile Justice System, Death Penalty and Re-Trial Release Program, and other Anti-Life Bills shall never earn the positive vote of the undersigned”, a portion of the letter read. “As a devout Catholic, I have always believed in the sanctity of life” the solon said, and that he will not support any anti-life bills or any form of legislations that is detrimental to Christian doctrines, he explained. “I am always with you in your unwaivering vigilance as the guardian of nation’s moral foundation”, the solon assured.

The solon’s name was included because before because some solons are seeking for support for the said bill, and those who expressed their commitments to support were included in the lists as co-author of the aforesaid house bill. For this reason, Congressman Codilla has made known his stand that he will not support the said bills, as evidenced in his letter to Roberto Nazareno, secretary general of the House of Representatives. The said House Bill 3773 with Committee Report 388 “An Act Providing for an Integrated and Comprehensive National Policy on Responsible Parenthood, Population Management and Human Development, Creating a Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Council and for other purposes” also known as Responsible Parenthood and Population Management Act of 2005 was filed on February 22, 2005 by Congressman Lagman. The said bill sets in place a national policy that assures adequate and continuing information on reproductive health and a full range of family planning methods (excluding abortion).