He just turned a year older. And still smells of jet lag from a recent trip to France.
But there was no mistaking his resolute determination as Bro. Narciso Nieto announced his joining the political arena during a gathering of selected brethren at the Lakewood Golf and Country Club in Cabanatuan City. There were no regrets as Brother Narciso recalled his 31 years of government service which saw him rose as a temporary low level employee to undersecretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and no fear at whatever challenge his new career as a politician would bring.
Brother Narciso is one of the nominees of AA-KASOSYO, one of the 187 party list groups accredited for the Philippines’ upcoming May 2010 election. The group's vision is to “protect and uplift the lives of farmers, fishermen, and small processors/manufacturers by providing them supervision and technical expertise in productions either in the farming, processing of the produce but more specifically on the marketing of all the produce thru AA-KASOSYO Exchange Centers”.
Brother Narciso was a past Master of Factoria Lodge No. 311 in Nueva Ecija and was serving as Senior Warden of Model Lodge, then under dispensation, when he was appointed as the District Deputy Grandmaster for Masonic District RIII-D in 2008.
PARTY LIST EXPLAINED: The Philippine party list system was enacted into law in 1995 though Republic Act 7941. It seeks to enhance the representation of marginalized and under-represented sectors in the House of Representatives and was first introduced in 1998. Because of this law, Philippine voters vote for two congressional representatives: the district representative and a party-list representative. Of the 269 seats in the Philippine House of Representatives, 20 percent or 52 seats are reserved for party-list representatives who garnered 2% of the total votes cast for all party-list candidates. Each party list group is allowed a maximum of 3 seats or 6 percent of the total votes cast for it.
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