Isulan town's suspended mayor invokes a 2011 administrative order which states that an appeal to Malacanang stays the execution of a suspension order.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Tension gripped Sultan Kudarat’s capital town as its suspended mayor tried to get her job back on Monday, July 3. But the acting mayor refused to leave the mayor’s seat, saying there were legal issues that needed to be resolved first.
The suspension order was related to three administrative cases filed last January and March against the mayor for alleged negligence, dereliction of duty, irregularities in duty, and conduct harmful to public service. But Pallasigue wasted no time and filed a notice of appeal through lawyer Jonathan Pantojan, a day after she was ordered suspended. Pantojan managed to secure a certification about the submission of the notice of appeal from Deputy Executive Secretary Anna Liza Logan.
Castillo said the administrative order provides that an appeal to the Office of the President must be done within 15 days after they received a notice about the decision they want to appeal. Pallasigue’s group also cited Opinion No. 123-2021 of the Department of Interior and Local Government which states that a resolution from a local legislature can be stopped in two ways:
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