EXPLAINER: Could a city mayor disregard an ordinance and violate its rules in the name of the riding public? Tomas Osmeña did in 2016 and Ombudsman now rules it was no crime and ordinance didn't apply.

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EXPLAINER: Could a city mayor disregard an ordinance and violate its rules in the name of the riding public? Tomas Osmeña did in 2016 and Ombudsman now rules it was no crime and ordinance didn't apply.
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THE ordinance, #1958 of February 12, 2003, is specific about the No. 1 requirement for operating a terminal for PUJs and V-hires within Cebu City: accreditation from TAC or technical accreditation committee and approval by the City Council. The V-hire terminal that operated since November 2016 at the city-owned lot along Junquera St., Barangay Kamagayan did not meet the requirement.

Osmeña's action was 'for the riding public.'ORDINANCE DOESN'T APPLY, SAYS RULING. Along with the conviction that Osmeña acted for public good was the Ombudsman's embrace of Tomas's argument that City Ordinance #1958 didn't apply to the case.

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