Maybe it’s just me and my imagination, but there seems to be a creeping weaponization of a legal measure against opponents of those in power.
Preventive suspensions can be ordered by the OP, the Office of the Ombudsman, and now, as we are learning, even by the provincial governor.
I’m not familiar with Ilocos Sur local politics, although I’m aware that the Singson dynasty is deeply entrenched at all levels of the local government. Let’s hope the moves against Camarillo are truly in pursuit of good governance instead of an underhanded way for his rivals to take over his post, undermining the mandate of the electorate who voted for him in 2022.
Considering the reasons cited in recent preventive suspension orders, those with the power to suspend can use practically any excuse to effectively kick out an elected official.Many local government executives face all sorts of administrative and even criminal complaints throughout their three-year term; it’s an occupational hazard in this country.
Currently, the most high-profile preventive suspension of a local executive involves the mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, Alice Guo, and two key municipal officials, in connection with the raid on a Philippine offshore gaming operator firm in a huge compound that she co-owned. The keynote address of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the recent International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was nothing less than historic.
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