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| Bangui mayor Diosdado Garvida |
By
Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Laoag City—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan recommended the suspension
of Bangui mayor Diosdado Garvida for gross misconduct, disloyalty, grave abuse
of authority and oppression.
The
suspension is for six months.
In
a 19-page decision unanimously approved by members of the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan on October 9 and was received by the Office of the Bangui Mayor on
October 14, the board said Mr. Garvida failed to prove his innocence when
witnesses accused him of firing his gun while trying to stop a quarry operator from
extracting gravel and sand without any permit.
Based
on the decision, the SP believes the allegations of illegal quarrying
activities on the part of the complainant, Kremlin Alupay of Barangay Masikil,
Bangui, Ilocos Norte “could not justify the manner by which the mayor responded
to the situation. The respondent mayor cannot put the law into his own hands.
We live in a society under the rule of law and the law provided ample remedies
to punish those who violate our laws.”
As
of press time, Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos has yet to
issue an order to execute the SP decision.
On
April 7, 2014, Mr. Alupay filed an administrative case against Mr. Garvida with
prayer for preventive suspension.
The
case stemmed from an April 2 incident where Mr. Garvida allegedly fired
his gun and also poked it to the loader operator, identified as Jeffrey
Dalisay together with two companions in Taguipuro village where the group was
extracting sand and gravel in a private lot owned by Mr. Alupay.
Earlier,
the SP suspended Garvida for one month so as not to influence the SP hearing.
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