CEBU CITY – Nagbalik-tanaw ang ilang mga kasamahan ng yumaong si Cebu City North District Rep. Raul Del Mar sa mga naging kontribusyon nito sa loob ng tatlong dekada.
Inilarawan ni Cebu City South District Rep. Rodrigo “Bebot” Abellanosa si Del Mar bilang isang mabuting kabigan.
Pinasalamatan nito si Del Mar dahil sa mga naipasa nitong batas na nakakatulong sa pag-unlad ng bayan.
Sa panig ni Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, para sa kanyang malaking kawalan ang bigla nitong pagpanaw.
Ayon kay Garcia, naging inspirasyon niya si Del Mar sa panahong nasa Kongreso pa ito bilang kinatawan ng Cebu 3rd district dahil sa natatanging dedikasyon nito.
Sinaluduhan naman ni Communications Secretary Martin Andanar si Del Mar dahil sa mga naging kontribusyon din sa pamamahayag at kinilalang “Champion of Media.”
Pumanaw ang kongresista nitong nakalipas na Lunes ng gabi, Nobyembre 18, sa isang pagamutan sa Metro Manila sa edad na 79.
Nagsilbi si Del Mar sa House of Representatives sa loob ng siyam na termino mula noong 1987.
Sa statement ng Kamara, umaabot sa 74 ang ini-author nito na naging batas: “two in the 18th Congress, eight in the 17th Congress and 64 in the previous Congresses. Among these are: Republic Act No. 11291, otherwise known as the “Magna Carta of the Poor”; Republic Act 11458, otherwise known as “Expanded Sotto law”; Republic Act No. 10931, otherwise known as “Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act”; Republic Act No. 9262, otherwise known as “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004”; Republic Act No. 9593, otherwise known as “The Tourism Act of 2009; Republic Act No. 9513, otherwise known as “Renewable Energy Act of 2008”; Republic Act No. 9189, otherwise known as Absentee Voting Act of 2003”; Republic Act No. 11037, otherwise known as “Masustansyang Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act”; Republic Act No. 9439, otherwise known as “Prohibiting the Detention of Patients in Hospitals and Medical Clinics on Grounds of Nonpayment of Hospital Bills or Medical Expenses”; Republic Act No. 8344, otherwise known as “Penalizing the Refusal of Hospitals and Licensed Medical Clinics to Administer Appropriate initial Medical Treatment and Support in Emergency or Serious Cases”; Republic Act No. 7621, otherwise known as the “Charter of the Cebu Port Authority”; and Republic Act No. 6958, otherwise known as the “Charter of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority.”
