By Perla Lena/ PNA
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique — Antique Governor Rhodora J. Cadiao on Wednesday bared plans to transfer the capitol building outside the busy business district of the provincial capital town of San Jose de Buenavista.
Cadiao said the plan to transfer the seat of the provincial government to Barangay Supa of San Jose de Buenavista would be carried out if she would be successful in her reelection bid in the May 2019 polls. The new site is about 5 km. from the present location of the capitol.
“We are looking for a wider space where to transfer the capitol,” she said.
The new Antique capitol, where the governor now holds office, is situated right at the heart of San Jose de Buenavista, which has become a busy business area with the many establishments surrounding the building.
The capitol building where Cadiao and most of the provincial government offices are situated is called the New Capitol Building although it was constructed in 1957 during the time of former governor Josue Cadiao, who is the father of the incumbent governor.
The New Capitol Building was constructed after the Old Capitol Building, which was constructed during the American period, was gutted by fire.
