Governor Jose Chaves Alvarez, along with key provincial government officials, on Monday afternoon formally accepted defeat in last Saturday's plebiscite on Republic Act 11259...
He reiterated his prediction that the yes vote will garner an overwhelming turnout, and dismissed the opposition to the measure as being few and isolated.
Governor Alvarez and other officials of the provincial government were welcomed in the town that is being proposed to be the next site of the Capitol for Palawan del Norte by mayor Romy Salvame.
Barring any adverse ruling by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by local civil society groups assailing the constitutionality of Republic Act 11259 signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte in April last year, the Commission on Elections has stated they are prepared to proceed with the holding of the plebiscite.
