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Lacson vs. Roque [Concurring, PADILLA, J.]

ARSENIO H. LACSON, petitioner, vs. MARIANO ROQUE, as Acting Executive Secretary, BARTOLOME GATMAITAN, as Vice-Mayor of Manila and DIONISIO OJEDA, as Acting Chief of Police of Manila, respondents. Arsenio H. Lacson, Jose P. Laurel, Ramon Diokno and Jose W. Diokno for petitioner. City Fiscal Eugenio Angeles for respondents Bartolome Gatmaitan and Dionisio Ojeda. Office of the Solicitor General Juan R. Liwag and Solicitor Felix V. Makasiar for respondents. Jesus G. Barrera and Enrique M. Fernando as amici curiae.

G.R. No. L-6225 | 1953-01-10

PADILLA, J., concurring:
 
The office of mayor of the City of Manila therefore appointive was made elective by the new charter of the City, Republic Act No. 409. Under the charter the choice of the person to hold the office of mayor in the City of Manila devolves exclusively upon the qualified electors of the City. The tenure of office is for a fixed term of four years "unless sooner removed" (section 9). This provision of the charter contemplates the possibility of removal. As a rule the power to remove encompasses the power to suspend. There is no doubt in my mind that the city mayor may be removed and, therefore,...