The Makati City government condemned Taguig’s attempt to take control of the schools on Saturday, barely three weeks before the start of classes. | dexcabalzaINQ /PDI
“The decision of the Supreme Court involved a boundary dispute. It did not transfer to Taguig ownership of properties owned by the City of Makati,” he said in a statement on Saturday.In its Dec.
Reacting to Makati’s resistance, the Taguig government said it was just complying with a request from the superintendent for Taguig-Pateros of the Department of Education to implement the high court’s decision.On another part of the same street, a steel barrier blocks another approach to the school.
It said the city administrator’s statements were meant to “sow fear and uncertainty among the residents of these barangays” when officials from both sides should be cooperating for a “seamless” transfer of the schools.It also cited a DepEd memorandum order intended to comply with the Supreme Court decision.
The public school officials, teachers, parents, community leaders, and the Taguig City government started conducting regular meetings in preparation for Brigada Eskwela and the opening of the school year on Aug. 29. “However, in reaction to these preparations, the City of Makati in connivance with their private security firm and a few allied barangay officials, illegally barricaded the public schools and streets, which in at least one instance led to a school principal being prevented from entering her own campus,” it said.
“While we understand that emotions still run high and it is not easy to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court, we also reiterate that there is a point where professionalism, duty to the people, and adherence to the law must rise to the top,” it said. “We can only pray that this moment of clarity will come to the city officials of Makati sooner rather than later.”
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