Former Congressman Oscar Garin, considered the patriarch of the influential Garin clan in the First District, yesterday laughed off the rumors that the conflict between Guimbal municipal government and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) is the offshoot of his failed bid to capture the post to be vacated by Presidential Asst. for Western Visayas Rodolfo "Roding Ganzon. "I have less interest in elective position and definitely I was...I am... and will never be interested in appointive position," Garin stressed as he dispelled the reports now being spread reportedly by the supporters of Dr. Rolando Platon, chief of SEAFDEC.

Cabobos, N. R. (1999, June 24). I was...I am...and will never be interested in appointive position. Daily Informer, pp. 1, 2, 11.