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Ganzon vs. Court of Appeals and Luis Santos 200 SCRA 271

RODOLFO T. GANZON, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS, and LUIS T. SANTOS, respondents.

G.R. No. 93252 and G.R. No. 95245 | 1991-08-05

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
SARMIENTO, J.: 
 
The petitioners take common issue on the power of the President (acting through the Secretary of Local Government), to suspend and/or remove local officials. 
 
The petitioners are the Mayor of Iloilo City (G.R. Nos. 93252 and 95245) and a member of the Sangguniang Panglunsod thereof (G.R. No. 93746), respectively. 
 
The petitions of Mayor Ganzon originated from a series of administrative complaints, ten in number, filed against him by various city officials sometime in 1988, on various charges, among them, abuse of authority, oppression, grave misconduct,...