{"id":182364,"date":"2018-09-21T02:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182364"},"modified":"2025-01-09T00:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T05:12:54","slug":"let-people-fire-mia-mayors-angara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/21\/let-people-fire-mia-mayors-angara\/","title":{"rendered":"Let people fire \u2018MIA\u2019 mayors: Angara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cKung sisibakin sila, tao magsisibak di ba? There\u2019s such a thing called elections. Dun talaga sinisibak o reni-rehire ng publiko ang mga mayors nila.” (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday said government should maintain its focus on helping the victims of Typhoon Ompong and leave to the people the dismissal of the 10 mayors who were reportedly missing in action during the typhoon\u2019s onslaught.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung sisibakin sila, tao magsisibak di ba<\/em>? There\u2019s such a thing called elections.\u00a0Dun talaga sinisibak o reni<\/em>-rehire\u00a0ng publiko ang mga<\/em>\u00a0mayors\u00a0nila<\/em>\u00a0(If they will be fired, it\u2019s the people who will fire them, isn\u2019t it? There\u2019s such a thing called election. It\u2019s in the elections that the public fires or rehires their mayors),\u201d Angara said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cFocus\u00a0muna natin na tulungan ang mga tao kesa naman maninisi tayo<\/em>\u00a0(Let\u2019s focus first in helping the people rather than finger-pointing). I think the most urgent concern now is how we can help the victims of Typhoon Ompong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The senator made the statement after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) threatened to impose the maximum penalty – dismissal from office – on the erring local chief executives.<\/p>\n

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The 10 mayors are from Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region.<\/p>\n

The DILG said investigations are already underway and the penalty would depend on the results of the probe and on their respective explanations.<\/p>\n

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When asked to comment on the DILG probe, Angara said he does not want to \u201cprejudge\u201d anything.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t want to prejudge it. I can\u2019t comment on that because I don\u2019t know the real situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Angara, however, said the DILG can file administrative cases against the concerned mayors after being afforded due process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can suspend them, depends on the reason,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Angara\u2019s statements were in stark contrast from his colleagues\u2019 earlier statements who slammed the \u201cMIA\u201d mayors.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Senator Panfilo Lacson said the absence of the local executives would amount to \u201cnegligence or insensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayors should not have left their respective municipalities since authorities had warned of the strong typhoon before it hit the country. They could only leave their jurisdictions to attend to \u2018life and death\u2019 matters outside their towns,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the actions of the mayors represented \u201cgross neglect\u201d and they should be sanctioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are they here in Manila when their provinces and municipalities were being traversed by the typhoon? That to me is gross neglect and should be investigated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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