It was this justification that ran him into trouble with concerned citizens who rang up public service radio programs in this city over the week after it was learned that the province's barangay officials will have to hold their provincial congress on September 13-16 in Baguio City. Dr. Romulo Cepedoza, president of the Provincial Federation of Barangay Captains met with the Post editor Friday to clarify issues regarding the provincial congress. In an interview by the Post editor, one of the anchors of the prime time commentary program Cuentas Claras over Station dYTR, Cepedoza clarified that the decision to hold the congress in Baguio City was arrived at after a collective consultation with all the federation members. The embattled ABC president said much to his desire to hold the congress elsewhere in Bohol , but he was overruled by the voice of the majority. Overwhelmed by the majority rule, he justified the holding of the congress in Baguio City saying that in a way it will serve as an educational tour to most of the barangay captains especially first timers to the trip to the Pines Cit . Citing the federation's by-laws, Cepedoza said it mandated the holding of a provincial convention every year to serve as venue to develop organizational capabilities and inform members on the updates with regards to barangay governance. One highlight of the Baguio gab is the giving of award and recognition to third termer barangay captains who were elected to higher positions in government in the May 2007 elections. One of the basis of Cepedoza's argument to hold the convention in Baguio was the endorsement of Regional Director Pedro Noval, Jr. of the department of interior and local government. The director said he interposed no objection to the Baguio confab of Bohol barangay officials. The Baguio conference raised a howl of protest among concerned quarters saying that holding it outside Bohol was a waste of precious public funds. Each barangay official who wishes to attend the Baguio shindig is appraised of P15,000in expenses including an P8,000 registration fee.