Ecija town mayor ousted by OMB remains in office

>> Tuesday, February 24, 2015



PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija — Four months have passed since the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal of Mayor Lucio Uera of this town for having illegally suspended and dismissed 44 permanent municipal employees, but he has since remained in office.

In its joint resolution issued in June 2013, the OMB found Uera administratively liable for grave misconduct and grave abuse of authority for having unilaterally suspended and terminated the 44 municipal employees.

The aggrieved employees are now questioning why – despite the OMB having transmitted its ruling to the office of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas – Uera continues to hold office and dispense the functions of mayor.

“I am very concerned about this because I received reports that Mayor Uera has been telling people that he cannot be removed from office because he has connections (within the Ombudsman),” Alison Villaflor, one of the complainants said.


Villaflor has repeatedly written to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, requesting Uera’s removal from his post but has not yet received any reply or acknowledgment from her office.

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