Amid Rama suspension, Cebu Metropolis Corridor operations proceed

The Cebu Metropolis Corridor. CDN Digital picture | Brian J. Ochoa

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Amid the controversy involving Cebu Metropolis Mayor Mike Rama, operations on the metropolis corridor will proceed so providers wanted by the folks of the town gained’t be hampered. 

That is what Cebu Metropolis Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia assured Metropolis Corridor workers, saying operations will proceed as standard no matter who the mayor is. 

“Di ta maguol kay pariha raman ta’g course. Pariha raman ta’g gipadulngan. It’s simply lahi lang ang konduktor, lahi lang ang driver. Para nako it must be enterprise as standard. All transactions within the Metropolis Corridor will go as it’s presupposed to do. Wala’y ma-stop,” VM Garcia stated. 

Mayor Rama was ordered suspended for six months by the Workplace of the Ombudsman for his administration’s failure to pay a number of workers their salaries for months.

READ MORE: EXPLAINER: Rama suspension and why the Ombudsman ordered it?

VM Garcia stated he is able to act because the mayor if the suspension order will probably be applied on Rama.  

“After all, ngano gung dili. I imply, once we took our oath as vice mayor of the Metropolis of Cebu, one of many duties and obligations there may be to perform as mayor in case of the incapacity both short-term or everlasting of the mayor,” VM Garcia stated. 

Garcia clarified that he and Rama solely knew in regards to the suspension subject when the information broke out however they didn’t obtain any doc or any discover from the Ombudsman or from the Division of Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) Central Workplace in regards to the suspension order. 

“We had been shocked and shocked by what occurred,” VM Garcia stated. 

“It’s a very massive duty contemplating that you will govern or deal with a whole metropolis… Dako ni nga responsibilidad nga atoang atubangon,” VM Garcia added.

Nevertheless, the vice mayor opted to not give an official assertion in regards to the matter as a result of he has not but learn the doc from the Ombudsman.

Petition for Certiorari

VM Garcia clarified that since he solely knew in regards to the order on Thursday, he doesn’t have any plans transferring ahead in case he would act because the mayor. 

“You’ll be able to ask me when the time comes,” the vice mayor advised the reporters. 

“After all, Mayor Mike has a number of authorized treatments pa. He can go to the Court docket of Appeals and query the order of the Ombudsman they usually can subject a short lived restraining order (TRO). Daghan pa kaayo ning mga proseso maagian,” VM Garcia stated. 

On the authorized issues, Garcia stated that the mayor’s workforce can file a “Petition for Certiorari” within the Court docket of Appeals and query the order of the Ombudsman in giving the preventive suspension to the mayor. 

Based on the Authorized Data Institute of Cornell Legislation Faculty, a Petition for Certiorari is a request for an appellate court docket (Court docket of Appeals) to subject a writ of certiorari. It usually contends {that a} decrease court docket has made an error in figuring out a major authorized subject, arguing that the error wants correction to keep away from confusion in future comparable circumstances.

VM Garcia, who can be a lawyer by occupation, stated that the petition must be filed upon the receipt of the order of the implementation of the preventive suspension. 

He added that it’s “as much as the courts to determine” in the event that they subject a TRO. 

Furthermore, the vice mayor stated that “it’s not gonna be a tough transition” if he ever acts because the mayor as a result of he has already labored with nearly all of the division heads and the workers. 

“If ever lang mahitabo ni ha, kay wa [pa]man gi-serve. Unya naa pama’y authorized treatment si Mayor Mike. After all, iyaha panang ipursue. Wa ta kahibaw naa’y TRO ma-issue,” VM Garcia stated. 

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