Makati Mayor Jejomar C. Binay was reelected national president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in a board meeting held Saturday at the BSP National Office.

The national president is the second-highest post in the BSP hierarchy following Chief Scout President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

By virtue of Republic Act 7278, the law governing the BSP, the President of the Philippines automatically becomes the chief scout once she assumed office.

Binay first became BSP national president in 1994 - 1996 and was reelected for five consecutive years as president of 2.3-million strong youth organization starting in 1999. Binay is concurrently the Chairman of Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee of the World Organization of Scout Movement, the umbrella organization of all Scout organizations in the world.

Aside from Binay, elected were Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto S. Mercado, senior vice president; Rep. Del R. De Guzman - vice president for Luzon; Rep. Remedios L. Petilla - vice president for Visayas; Atty. Alan D. Zulueta - vice president for Mindanao.

Businessman Enrique B. Lagdameo was reelected national treasurer while J. Miguel de Jesus and Dale C. Corvera, were voted chief national and international commissioner, respectively.

Appointed to different posts were Evelina M. Vicencio, national training commissioner; Pepito M. Carpio, national program commissioner; Maximino J. Edralin Jr., national public relations commissioner; Salvador D. Pangilinan, assistant national treasurer; Jose Ma. Gastardo, deputy international commissioner; Romulo V. Brillantes, deputy chief national commissioner for Luzon; Pedro D. Destura, deputy chief national commissioner for Visayas; Wendel E. Avisado, deputy chief national commissioner for Mindanao.

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