LINGAYEN – Councilor Raul P.Sison of Urbiztondo won as president of the Philippine Councilors League Pangasinan Chapter in the PCL election at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center last Tuesday.

Sison, who garnered 243 votes, edged out Pozorrubio Councilor Dennis Uy by 41 votes. The third PCL candidate, Councilor Orlando de Guzman of Basista, got three votes.

Sison, a nephew of former third district Congressman Fabian “Paping” Sison, will sit as ex-officio member of the sangguniang panlalawigan.

He replaced former PCL president Danilo Uy who earlier won a regular seat as board member of the fifth district.

After his proclamation by the PCL election committee, Sison urged his opponents and their followers to “forget the bitterness of the PCL fight and instead unite in the collective effort to support the programs of development of the Provincial Government for the good of all Pangasinenses.”

Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., in congratulating Sison and his team, pledged all-out support for PCL undertakings, emphasizing that they are needed in helping him bring to fruition the goals and objectives of the provincial government.

The other elected PCL officers were Councilors Maria Isabel Villacorta (Manaoag), vice president; Cheryl Bascos (Villasis), secretary; Rose M. Marcella (San Fabian), treasurer; Manuel V. Resuello (San Carlos), P.R.O.; Jose Z. Carrera, Jr. (Binmaley), business manager; and Cirilo Radoc (Alaminos), auditor.

The board directors are Councilors Jocelyn Visaya (Tayug), Dante de Castro (Anda), Mildred Marcella (San Fabian), Cecille C. Celeste (Anda), Alexander T. Parayno (Sta. Barbara), Dyna P. de Guzman (Urbiztondo), Noel Bautista (Binalonan) and Reynaldo Dotimas (San Nicolas). (DOS)