ELECTED officials of Compostela, Cebu consisting of mayor-elect Joel Quiño, vice mayor-elect Nenette Dangoy and the eight councilors failed to assume office yesterday .
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) 2nd Division suspended their proclamation pending the resolution of the petition filed by outgoing Mayor Ritchie Wagas.
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Wagas ended up installing Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president Felijur Quiño, Joel’s brother, as acting mayor to prevent a power vacuum.
Felijur was reportedly the campaign manager of Wagas during the May 10 elections. Wagas reportedly was instrumental in installing Felijur as ABC president after the 2007 barangay election.
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 Director Pedro Noval, however, said Wagas’s action had no basis.
“Dili na mahimo uy (That can’t be done),” Noval said.
In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu yesterday, Noval said Comelec has yet to decide on Wagas’s election protest.
Noval added that since Joel has yet to receive the resolution from the Comelec en banc 2nd Division, he and eight of his councilors can still assume their posts.
With the incident, Noval hopes to receive the resolution and authenticate it so he can act on the matter.
Wagas said he invited Felijur and told him that because he was the only official left, he had the inherent right to assume as mayor while Wagas ended his term as chief executive at noon yesterday.
Felijur said he is willing to stay in the post until Wagas’s petition is resolved.
Since the order was issued by Comelec 2nd Division Presiding Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, Joel can file a motion for reconsideration or elevate the case to the Comelec en banc.
Cebu Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano confirmed the suspension of the proclamation of Joel and eight other councilors.
He said it will be up to the DILG to decide on who to appoint as acting mayor.
Noval reportedly considered naming Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia as caretaker of the Compostela Municipal Government.
Castillano went to Compostela yesterday to serve the order.
Joel’s legal counsel John Cane told Sun.Star Cebu there is no legal impediment for the newly elected officials to assume office because they already took their oaths of office before Rep. Ramon “Red” Durano VI (Cebu, 5th district) when former president Gloria Arroyo visited Danao City last June 28.
Cane said Ferrer’s order was highly unprocedural, considering they did not receive a copy of the urgent motion to suspend the proclamation.
“How can we answer something we did not receive?” Cane told Sun.Star Cebu.
Wagas said Joel and the other officials can take their oaths of office several times, but the fact remains their proclamation has been suspended.
Errirs
Wagas said the Comelec took cognizance of his petition because the Municipal Board of Canvassers (BOC) and the representatives of Smartmatic, supplier of the machines for the automated elections, testified there were irregularities in the election in the town.
Wagas submitted a copy of a letter sent to Castillano by Election Officer Desierto Hortelano Jr., chairman of the BOC, informing him of the errors and discrepancies they encountered during the canvassing of electronic election returns.
Wagas also submitted to the Comelec the affidavits of Alberto Melendres and Lorenzo Almodiel, BOC member and vice chairman, respectively, affirming Wagas’s claim the 14 ERs did not appear in the audit/print log of the consolidating machine and despite their absence, it appeared the machine still canvassed them.
Tensions rose in Compostela yesterday as supporters of both camps held rallies in front of the municipal hall, prompting Senior Supt. Erson Digal, acting provincial police director, to send a peacekeeping force to the area. The group was backed by soldiers from the 71st Infantry Battalion. (EOB/JKV)
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on July 1, 2010.
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07-01-2010, 07:50 AM #1Junior Member
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Compostela, Cebu officials fail to assume posts
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07-01-2010, 09:31 AM #2C.I.A.
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gubot nsad. kapoya
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07-01-2010, 09:39 AM #3Elite Member
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gubota nas akong uli anan oi
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07-01-2010, 09:46 AM #4C.I.A.
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dilg official will be the caretaker until resolve.
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07-01-2010, 09:49 AM #5Elite Member
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Di modawat ug kapildehan!!! Ako lumulopyo sa Compostela, ug sobra na sad kaayo ni nga mga panghitabo...
I'm no supporter to anybody... I am a huge supporter for CHANGE and Good Governance!!!
Here is what compostela has:
*** No proper solid waste management
*** Poor health care services (Ako ni nasulti kay there was one time, amo silingan nakuhaan (buntis). Nidagan mi sa mga authorities to ask for ambulance assistance... What the heck, walay driver, walay crudo (around 1 am nami miadto sa police station)... So i was forced to drive her to hospital using my subcompact car... We all know, basta ingon ana nga situation, kinahanglan jud ipahigda ang pasyente... Compostela has about 2 or 3 ambulances, duha ana bag-o courtesy of TUCP..)
*** Kinsay nahibalo atong sunog sa milabayng semana... Ultimo ang fire truck sa compostela, wala ka responde sa kaugalingon incidente sa sunog...
*** It's a fact, duna nay napriso sa ilaha tungod sa panghilabot sa kaban sa lungsod!!!
Ang Compostela nanginahanglan ug kabaghoan sa pang gobyerno!!! Ug tungod sa mga personal interest sa uban, they deprived the people to experience such changes!!!
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07-01-2010, 12:23 PM #6Senior Member
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Good Day! I'm also a resident of Compostela, I learnt abt the news yesterday sa clinic nahibulong ko wa pa diay ni nahuman i thot ok na ang tanan... i went to the municipal hall area there were people not plenty...they were already getting their stuffs inside d hall...one person asked me what i was doing there...i told him i went there to save my late grandpa's picture incase mgkagubot kay ma na lng ra ba toy picture nya na nahabilin..we took pictures last nyt...
Tinood jud ning kang psyche54 kay ako mismo nakaexperience sa kawalay ayo sa health services...ultimo ambulance walay proper maintenance...
one time nahunong intawon ang ambulance sa tungod sa among balay not jaz once but twice...ask mi sa driver wat happend walay gasolina...mao tungod sa amo kalooy sa pasyente amo gihatod sa vicente sotto hospital midnight to ha maau gani ngmata pa mi...naikog intawon ang pasyente kay hadlok pabayaron namo ug gasolina...unya ang waste mgt walay claro...
"be man enough to accept defeat...u know in your heart u were not cheated...u know were u stood...if u have done bad things that cud destroy urclf wa na tay mahimo ana....u shud hav thot about the consequences before doing it...di pirmi ang panahon ug dili bogo ang uban lumulopyo sa compostela..."
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07-01-2010, 01:37 PM #7Junior Member
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mga selfish politicians. wala man lang maghuna huna sa katawhan unsa ang kahimtang
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07-02-2010, 05:52 AM #8Junior Member
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naa rako sa mandaue pero pirmi ko kadungog sa mga storya2x sa compostela kay naa mi daghan parente dinha. nanikas jud lage kuno si joel quiño nya naa pa kunoy pcos machine nga gisunog. karon kay ang storya kay lakas kuno kaau si ritchie wagas kay ang lawyer gigamit kang binay kuno. Nya si gilbert pagawason kuno ni binay.... bawlang ana nila dinha
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paeta ani oiez bsta d lge makadawat sa kapildihan hahahaha
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Originally Posted by cmcanch
you are right bro. if wala silay getago nganong mahadlok man sila mapulihan sa pwesto?? oh.. come on..
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