3 April 2007
TO MY BELOVED FELLOW HOMEOWNERS:
The time has come for us peace-loving homeowners to make a stand as to what we want to happen in our very own village. We have been besieged by this shadowy group (who cannot even bring themselves to identify their names except to say they are “Gacutan et. al” or “2004 hold-over Board”).
Together with sheriffs, numerous policemen, guards and goons, these notorious characters violently took-over our clubhouse last March 29,2007. The take-over was indescribable except to compare it with a brutal police operation to bust a ring of kidnappers, murderers, drug dens and other criminal syndicates. Shards of glass were flying everywhere as the barbaric attackers pounded our glass partitions with crowbars just to scare out our cornered employees who were already cowering inside the office. The presence of our 62 year old Village Manager Ms. Noni David and of another grandmother, 61 year old Ms. Mila Medina, a village director, did not matter to them. Our counsel was also assaulted while he was explaining to the sheriffs that they were serving the Order against the wrong parties who have nothing to do with the case. It was a grim and savage scene. (Please see footage at www.multinationalvillage.com)
OUR VILLAGE DOES NOT DESERVE THIS BRUTALITY. IT WAS AN INHUMAN AND EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE. IT WAS AN ASSAULT AGAINST THE PEACE, HONOR AND DECENCY WHICH WE ASPIRE OUR VILLAGE TO BE KNOWN FOR.
The intention of this so-called “hold-over board” is very apparent. The first thing they did was to serve the order on the MVHAI banks in an attempt to get MVHAI’s collections intended for Village expenses. Then they posted guards at the main entrance where MVHAI levies fees for cargo trucks intended for road maintenance. And when they cannot get the meager collections for these truck charges, they caused the arrest of our guards (Centennial) to make sure their own guards (Majesty) get even these small amounts.
And then they circulated their unsigned letter asking us to pay our dues at the clubhouse. Finally, they threatened our employees to report to them to avoid termination from employment. Apparently, so they can ensure the remittance of collections of dues to them. All for the money.
You voted for us. We ask you to be with us in this crisis. We can just give up and walk away while this village will go down to the sewers or be buried in disrepute. But together, we can make this shadowy group realize that they can take by force everything in this village, EXCEPT US OURSELVES --- EXCEPT OUR BASIC RIGHT TO LIVE FREE IN THIS VILLAGE—EXCEPT OUR RIGHT TO EXERCISE OUR CHOICE OF LEADERS -TO SELECT WHO WE CAN TRUST -TO IGNORE THE PRETENDERS AND POWER-GRABBERS. As one homeowner wrote, respect and trust are too sacred that they cannot be taken by force.
I urge you to network with your neighbors to see how you can show your support to your present Board (2007). Please reach us or any of your Phase directors. Please pay your dues and water bills and ensure this goes to your present Board. And please help us encourage and inspire our employees and our guards (Centennial) to work for the village instead of giving up out of fear. Ignore this shadowy group and let the most powerful voice of the homeowners reverberate in this village-- though whoever at Malacanang or HLURB says otherwise—though even if the heavens fall. This is too much of an insult to us homeowners and we must act.
Their security agency (Majesty) was just informed by us that MVHAI will not honor their contract and their bills.
Thank you for being there. We will prevail! May the blessings of our Lord Jesus, with the Father and the Holy Spirit be with us all.
Very truly yours,
Ms. Olive Begre
President, 2007 Board
13 comments:
Hi,
We appreciate the effort you are doing for our village we need more people like you. I suggest that you call a general membership meeting ASAP.
It would be a show of force against our adversary.
arlu
Dear Ms. Begre,
I am one of those who voted for your group in the last two elections. It really is very sad and disappointing to hear about efforts made by Mr. Gacutan to unseat the present board.
However, as we continue to receive letters from both sides, all the more we get confused, and all the more questions we have:
* why are they able to do this?
* are they this powerful that despite the legitimacy of your election, they "can just" occupy the village office, (forcibly) "kick people out", and run the office as if it were their own?
* are they so strong and violent that you and the entire board, given the mandate you have from the villagers, cannot even suppress them?
* do they have legitimate reasons to question your moves after all?
* is it true that the current board has opened a personal bank account,and that village collections and funds are channeled through this fund?
It is really just so difficult to understand that these misguided elements are able to just do whatever they want....
What do they have? And why can't we counter?
Why does it now seem that the current board is even more vulnerable than them?
I am sure that there are other villagers who would wish to be enlightened.
Thank you.
Dear Mrs. Begre,
I agree with Multinational resident. I am getting confused here. With the sheriffs and police around, will these law enforcers allow brutality? The sheriffs and police would act based on legal documents. I watched the youtube video. I don't see any brutality? Why will they side with Gacutan if Gacutan is not legal?
Previous letters said, since Resuello's group won through an illegal election, it follows all succeeding elections are illegal. So therefore you are illegally seated as Board? The articles you posted here do not seem to jive with the spectators and the streetcleaners "kwento" when Gacutan tookover the clubhouse. And if they tookover the clubhouse, it follow that you should also turnover the MVHA funds, documents etc to them?
Accdg. to the streetcleaners, it was the other way around. It was your directors who shouted and provoked the sheriffs. The sheriffs were merely informing you to vacate the place.
Our checks are paid to Multinational Village Homeowners Asso, why will you deposit our checks to your personal account? Why to your names?
Can you not open a MVHA corporate account? Therefore the bank knows that you are illegal?
It is very simple isn't it our checks should be deposited to MVHA and not to you. I'm afraid of what is happening to our village specially to our funds. Can we still TRUST you Mrs. Begre?
If they say you are illegal, therefore all contracts you entered are also illegal? You will be liable to us homeowners? Again, can we still trust you Mrs. Begre?
I appreciate 2007 Board's initiative to call for a General Assembly. This should address a number of speculations especially on its legitimacy to run operations of the village.
Mr. Gacutan and company has again issued an "open letter" highlighting recent but interesting issues:
* Luxurville and right of way contracts - this is clearly a very hot issue among residents; I would be very interested to hear your side on why and how these were all given to the developers. It was okay to have a Brentville, etc. (as these were 2-storey townhouse communities....), but to allow a developer to build a 9-storey condo building is just too much......
I was in one Board chat you organized and quite frankly, and not to sound very judgemental here, but your reaction, Mrs. Begre, to my issue then, just supports my impression that your group did have a lot of say and influence on the pursuit of this project. You kept on saying then that this would be subject for discussion and evaluation when in truth, you had already given the developers the notice to proceed.....
Personal Accounts - weren't these our very issues on past boards? If the allegation is true, why was it done?
I am not one of those active supporters and players in the village. My only interest is that I want to live in a safe village devoid of any controversies.
Really hope we could put an end to these issues soon. At the rate the exchanges of letters are going, I fear that that this will go on and on.....
All the more I wonder now how a 2004 HOLD-OVER GROUP can legitimize their actions, if they truly didn't have any legal backing......
Please, Mrs. Begre and company, please ensure we have a transparent meeting on the 14th. Despite the "other side's" moves, I continue to trust in the current board. Unfortunately, I am starting to have doubts.......
Thanks.
It's very sad you had to exaggerate again and make things worst. Everytime your group makes a wrong move you blame it on Gacutan's group.
Please tell the one preparing your articles to put the facts and not his/her hallucinations because I was a witness to your drama. If what you said was true then we had a lot of people in the emergency room already. The sheriff and the head of police wont be happy reading your fabricated article.
Just to get our sympathy, you dont have to fabricate. Please bear in mind, that I am not the only one present when this happened.
You can get away with your actions once, twice, thrice...but not all the time. You can fool some but not all of us!
God is watching all your moves!
After all these, you are still not our legitimate President, neither your directors are legitimate!
well if the said mvha homeowner did not vote last January for the 2007 board of directors election it means you are one of the fence seaters. And you said god is watching all your move!! I hope that god will enlighten you to see who is wrong and who is right. Generally speeaking in the Philippines you can be legally right it you have money to pay government officials to get the orders you want. That is why the contry is going to the dogs dear MVHA homeowner.
You should attend the General Membership meeting to be enlighten on what is right and what is wrong.
As a Homeowner I would like to invite Gacutan, Yutadco, Telan, Hernandez and the 2004 to attend and let both sides be heard and you can decide after that who is right.
Dear Mrs. Begre and the Entire 2007 Board,
Parang nasayang naman yata yung efforts ninyo to have a well-moderated, issues-focused, mature discussion with the villagers. I know and expected a few heated arguments especially with the pressure affecting all parties involved pero bakit naman nauwi na naman tayo sa grandstanding ni Mr. Ayi Magpayo.
If I recall properly, he was not even introduced as anybody this morning: not a member of the Board, not the Village Manager, not the Parish Priest, not any of the village staff that we all applauded, and CERTAINLY, not the lawyer-moderator who was "suddenly" appointed......
So is it fair to assume he was there to attend the meeting as an ordinary villager, just like one of us?
Ganyan na din yung nangyari noon when we attended a previous general assembly. After a lengthy discussion with some "villagers who simply could not understand.....", he started flaring up with with a high(er) voice, started to be so defensive about the issues at hand (parang we were discussing yata about Gawad Kalinga, or something like that.....)
Mrs. Begre, we had voted for you in the last elections. We had voted for many of the Board members you introduced this morning. You invited us to attend this chat with you. Sana lang, and even with the moderator, kayo pa din yun parang sumasagot sa mga statements ng villagers, however, harsh and unreasonable.
I left at noon in the midst of a heated argument between this villager and Ayi Magpayo and I was just so dismayed with his rebellious reaction to take the villagers to the clubhouse. (Parang pelikula eh....).
Immature na nga yung kabila, tapos you had a taste of immature villagers talking (as if they knew all the issues....), tapos patulan ba naman with that reaction? Eh no wonder, we will not achieve what we desire.
Mr. Del Mundo was right with what he did (in going to Gacutan). He may not have gotten what he wanted because he was alone. And even if the entire Board went there and still did not get the right reaction from Gacutan, I for one would still applaud a mature and sincere effort to resolve.
Mrs. Begre, you have our mandate to run this village. As what was suggested by many of the villagers, continue to run this village. Gaite does not have authority over our affairs. So Gacutan should probably be forced out of the clubhouse as he clearly does not have the mandate of the villagers.
You rightfully said that this morning. The village association is certainly not a house improperly sold to a buyer then improperly turned over to the next buyer.
You said all the right things this morning. We have had a number of clean elections. The 2004 (or 05) complaint had been superseded. Gacutan has absolutely no right to occupy office.
So what else are we doing? Why is he still there? And why do we seemingly allow ourselves to be unnecessarily bullied??? Ganun ba talaga siya kalakas???
In the meantime, Mrs. Begre. Thank you for putting this assembly together. Sana lang talaga, let's not allow grandstanders. Nasasayang yung sacredness ng meetings.
Incidentally, Mrs. Begre, I still saw cars until the afternoon. Were the meetings pursued? Thank you.
Multinational resident you had missed a lot as the meeting went on till way after lunch about maybe 3 pm. And the homeowners had moved and approved to affirm the January 2007 elections.
As for Gacutan and Yutadco they were able to attend the said meeting but only want to get the money and control and did not agree to an election.
When Yutadco and Gacutan arrive the 2007 board was requested to step out as to give the homeowners the free hand to decide.
But because Yutadco and Gacutan refuses to accept an election they walk out so the homeowners decided to affirm the 2007 board as the legitimate board to run our affairs.
The homeowners also decided to pay all homeowners dues to the 2007 board as they are also the one's getting our garbage, operate our watersystem and security of the village.
Remember the will of the homeowners is higher than that of the board of directors and no Malacanang order will trample our right to govern our village. Remember in the Philippines legal is not always moral as justice in our country is for sale.
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I have just read the letter of Gacutan that he wants a copy of our Land Title in order to verify your MVHAI Membership> He is crazy what will he do with that pag gawa siya ng fake title ng lupa natin in his name.
Well naprapraning na ata sila cus we did not support them during the general assembly.
My advice is not to give your land title to Gacutan and Yutadco's Group. They will just make you life miserable at ma wala pa ang lupa mo.
Hi Simba,
Yep, I may have missed a few important highlights in the afternoon. Sayang, I left early.
You didn't react on my comment about Mr. Magpayo. (I certainly hope you agree.....) Let's not have anymore of those grandstanding behavior. The villagers will support mature, logical and proper moves. Madrama na nga ang village natin, tapos, pangungunahan pa ng mga madramang initiatives.....
In the meantime, and the much bigger question is.......
WHO DO WE BELIEVE AT THIS POINT?
Quite frankly, and any "uninvolved" villager will certainly be SO CONFUSED on what to do.
Who do we pay our dues to? If we pay to Mrs. Begre's board, how sure are we that the money will go for payment of say, utilities (ref: 19 April letter of Mr. Gacutan is certainly very concerning.....)
Would I want to pay to Mr. Gacutan's board?!?
It seems that the General Assembly still did not resolve the very issue that the villagers want to see/hear: WHO IS THE REAL AND LEGITIMATE BOARD?
Yes, we certainly want to put these issues to rest. And yes, I personally believe that the 2007 Board should be running the village operations already.
But why are Gacutan and group able to even hold office in a village property? If they are so doing this ILLEGALLY, then why are we allowing it? How are they really able to do this?
I am certainly missing something here........and so are the other villagers.......
We have just received a letter from the 2007 board and they said we can check the payment receipt of our utilities in the auditorium. To make sure we have to look into the said documents that they said they will show us.
Anyway i still get my water from maynilad which i pump in at night starting 10:30 pm and normally in 30 minutes to 1 hour my tank is already full. This means that the 2007 board is paying Maynilad and Meralco. Our village would be in darkness if they did not pay the bills as our street lights are connected to our pump houses.
For me I have already paid my dues in the auditorium yesterday.
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