Cavite’s town of Carmona, the Philippines’ richest municipality in 2021, is set to become a city once the law on its proposed conversion is ratified. Here are the things you need to know about the electoral exercise.
, with the long title “An act converting the municipality of Carmona in the province of Cavite into a component city to be known as the city of Carmona.”Its main proponent in the House of Representatives is Cavite 5th District Representative Roy Loyola, who first pushed for the conversion of the town into a city in 2017.
“The proposed conversion will enhance Carmona’s posture and capability of enticing more business and industries in the locality, increase its pace of development, and consequently improve the lives of its inhabitants residing therein,” Loyola said in the introductory bill that he re-filed in June 2022.
“The cityhood will considerably improve Carmona’s efficiency to respond to the ever-growing needs of its constituents for more and better services as a result of the city’s greater power to generate its own resources of revenues for its exclusive use,” he added.Carmona has total assets worth P6.2 billion as of 2021, the highest among Philippine towns.
If RA 11938 is ratified , Carmona will become the eighth city in Cavite after Cavite City, Trece Martires, Tagaytay, Dasmariñas, Bacoor, Imus, and General Trias.On Saturday, 58,691 eligible voters may cast their ballots in the precinct where they are registered.
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