DAVAO CITY – Politics is heating up in Cotabato City as its two top executives traded barbs that may have led to the termination of approximately 3,000 contractual employees effective Oct. 17.
Mayor Bruce Matabalao and Vice Mayor Johari"Butch" C. Abu, who are both vying for mayor in the elections next year, are now trading accusations on who is to be blamed for the termination of the city government employees.Early this week, Matabalao said that he had no choice but to terminate the contracts of the city government employees after the Sangguniang Panglungsod reportedly refused to approve an additional budget to cover their salaries.
Abu alleged that termination of the contractual employees was due to Matabalao’s mismanagement of public funds. “However, this fund was exhausted in the middle of the year, and the Mayor’s Office and the Local Finance Committee have failed to provide an explanation.” Matabalao denied Abu’s claim that there is a missing list of 3,000 employees, adding that the city council has a copy since 2022.
He disclosed that the vice mayor’s office and the council also received an augmentation fund of P74,707,053.
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