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Mejorada slaps Suplico with admin raps

By DAVID ISRAEL SINAY

ILOILO City – Provincial Administrator Manuel Mejorada slapped anew vice gov. Rolex Suplico with an administrative complaint for abuse of authority, misconduct in office and dereliction of duty in the discharge of his official functions before the Office of the President.

Mejorada cited in his complaint the passage of the resolution to override the veto of Gov Niel Tupas, Sr. over Appropriation Ordinance No. 2008-01-b and Resolution No. 2008-044 – the second and final component of the province’s 2008 annual

 
budget; and the revised and modified Annual Investment Plan of the province.

Resolution No. 2008-073 adopted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Iloilo for the override of the veto, “respondent Suplico flagrantly violated RA 7160, and the Sanggunian’s own Internal Rules of Procedure,” Mejorada cited in his complaint.

SP’s Internal Rules of Procedure as embodied in Resolution No. 2007-120, particularly Rule V, Section 1(a), prescribing the duties and responsibilities of the Presiding Officer states “[the presiding officer] shall preside over all sessions of the SP nd shall not be entitled to vote except in case of a tie.”

“In a deliberate and unlawful neglect and abandonment of his mandated duty as presiding officer, and in a clear abuse of authority, respondent Suplico refused to perform his function and proceeded to cast his vote in favor of the measure,” Mejorada said.

He said there can be no legal justification for the acts taken by the vice governor, “which made a mockery of the Local Government Code and turned the SP into a political circus, as the local media has ridiculed and laughed at his acts.”

He filed the complaint at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) regional office on Friday. The DILG will endorse the complaint in their Central Office which shall then be forwarded to the Office of the President.

“The SP never sought our opinion or assistance. As a general rule, it is very clear under the law that there can be no other circumstances the presiding officer could vote unless in case of a tie. Otherwise, there would be some defects on the legislation,” DILG assistant regional director Atty. Anthony Nuyda told reporters./PN

 
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