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The
conflict between Dauis Mayor Luciano Bongalos and Association
of Barangay Councils (ABC) President Ephraim Bomediano
over the otherwise long-done election for president
of barangay captains has shifted from ballot to payroll.
The
mayor ordered excluded from the March 1-15 payroll for
the councilors the salary of the ABC head as ex-officio
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member, refusing to recognize
him as the duly-elected head of the barangay chairmen,
Bomediano told the Chronicle.
Bongalos
wanted the municipal council otherwise dominated by
the allies of Bomediano to also disregard the latter's
SB representation.
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The
mayor said in a letter to SB presiding officer and Vice mayor
Jimmy Jimenez he "could not recognize" Bomediano
as the duly elected ABC president and automatic member of
the municipal council.
Bomediano,
the barangay captain of Poblacion, was reelected ABC president
in the Liga ng mga Barangay poll attended by six - or exactly
half - of 12 Dauis captains last year.
The other six led by the mayor's supposed bet against Bomediano,
captain Felix Milallos of barangay Dao, boycotted the league
election after failing to get just one additional captain
from Bomediano's camp to make their group seven.
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The
mayor would not acknowledge the ABC president because
the latter could not present a certificate of confirmation
from the national chapter of the league.
An
angry Bomediano told the Chronicle that "the mayor
may have thought the Dauisanons to be stupid and brainless."
He
said the court had already junked the petition of the
mayors' group of captains restraining Bomediano from
assuming as ABC president and ex-officio SB member.
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The
petition also sought to nullify the result of the league election
by Bomediano's group minus the other six captains.
The
ABC head learned just Monday of an "instruction"
from the mayor not to recognize him and pay his salary.
Bomediano
said Bongalos can be stooped by his act since the ABC president
had gotten his pays for previous service periods.
The
previous vouchers and checks were approved and released after
Bomediano was forced to hand-carry them to the mayor for signing
during a meeting at the SB office sometime in February.
Bongalos
would have the ABC head not recognized by the SB on strength
of a certification then from the national office of the league
that indicated there was no confirmation actually released
for Bomediano.
But
Bomediano said the certification actually indicated that his
confirmation was yet "held in abeyance" pending
the court resolution of the petition by captains identified
with the mayor.
The
certification from Liga National Executive Director Eduardo
Tiongson was issued on Janaury 18, falling on the same day
when the court here denied the TRO plea.
Copies
of the court order were officially received by the contending
parties only days after the date of the ruling.
Bongalos
and Bomediano 'locked horns' also over the unreleased 2007
municipal aid to the ABC. (Ven rebo Arigo)
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