Connie Lim to run for mayor in Ozamiz

OZAMIZ City first termer councilor Constancia ‘Connie’ Lim confirmed during her birthday celebration on September 19, held at Medina Gymnasium that she would run for mayor of the city in the coming 2010 elections.
In her message, she told the crowd attending her birthday party that she could not wait to serve the residents of the city.
Lim added that she is accepting the challenge of the people of Ozamiz to run for mayor for they wanted the real change in the city.
“Tungod niini tanan… ako si Connie Lim, usa ka inahan, asawa, abogada ug inyohang konsehala atol sa akong adlaw nga natawhan kuyog sa akong pamilya, mga higala ug mga may prinsipyo nga lider sa atong dakbayan ug sa probinsiya modawat ako sa hagit—sa mas labing dakong hagit sa katawhan ako modeklara sa pagpapili sa pagka-mayor sa Ozamiz”, uttered Lim.
Lim also expressed gratitude to the people of Ozamiz in supporting her to win as councilor three years ago. As councilor, she added that she gave her bests shots to serve the people for they deserve no less than the best.
The lady councilor come to this decision to run for mayor after she realized how big the problem of the city. She said that there are lots of serious problems need serious solutions.
Lim accepts the plea of the Ozamiznons even if it is difficult for her but she is optimistic that the people would support her to make the real change in the city.
"I accept the responsibility to continue the fight for city."
Vowing to serve the Ozamiznons, Lim said she would be a leader to solve the health, education, livelihood and peace and order problems faced by the residents.
“Akong totukan ang mga infrastructure projects, kadalanan, mga eskuylahan, ang welfare sa atong mga Barangay Health Workers (BHW), Civilian Volunteers Organization (CVO) ug mga empleyado sa gobiyerno”, Lim added.
She also assured the people in helping the barangay’s funding, marginalized sectors like the youth, women, elderly, and persons with disability, out of school youth, vendors, porters, and drivers.
In his part, League of Provinces in the Philippines (LPP) president and Misamis Occidental governor Loreto Leo Ocampos said that he also desires to run for mayor in Ozamiz to bring the real change in the city but he gave way for Lim after seeing the strength, character and competence of the lady councilor.
Believing that Lim could bring the real change to the city, Ocampos even called Lim as the Joan of Arc in Ozamiz. Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, and claiming divine guidance.
Referring to the peace and order situation in Ozamiz, Ocampos hopes that the city can have the real change.
“Ako gadamgo nga ang matag-usa nato dire adunay trabaho, nga kada pamilya ang anak, asawa, bana anaay trabaho. Ako gadamgo nga ang atong mga estudyante iniglakaw sa dalan dili matulisan, dili ma rape dili ma-isnatsan, ako gadamgo nga hamugaway ang atong kahimtang”, he added.
“Kita tanan kinahanglan og change. Ang kahadlok himuong kaisog. Ang dili magpakabana kinahanglan nga magpakabana ang dili moapil kinahanglan moapil.”
Ocampos stressed that his and Ozamiznons dreams can only be achieved if the people will pay the price and the price is change.
He uttered that Ozamiz can never be changed if only Lim and the officials wanted for change. Ocampos said that change must start in each one of the residents.
“Then pag-usab nato tanan we will change the government of Ozamiz City, we will change the leadership in Ozamiz City”, Ocampos said. (Neptalie A. Batolenio)