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Mayor Marcel S. Pan, etc.Vs. Yolanda O. Pena, et al.

MAYOR MARCEL S. PAN, REPRESENTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF GOA, CAMARINES SUR AS MAYOR, Petitioner, versus YOLANDA O. PE?A, MARIVIC P. ENCISO, MELINDA S. CANTOR, ROMEO ASOR AND EDGAR A. ENCISO. Respondents,

G.R. No. 174244 | 2009-02-13

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

Marcel Pan (the mayor), after winning the mayoralty post in the Municipality of Goa, Camarines Sur in the 1998 Elections, initiated a reorganization of the local government, allegedly due to the large budgetary deficit of the municipality brought about by a bloated bureaucracy.[1]

To start the bureaucratic shake-up, the Sangguniang Bayan (Sanggunian) passed Resolution No. 025-98[2] authorizing the mayor to partly reorganize the bureaucracy. This resolution was eventually amended by Resolution No. 046-98[3] to give the mayor full authority to restructure the local government unit (LGU).

The...