LUCBAN, Quezon: Mayor Celso Olivier Dator is contesting the assumption of the town vice mayor as acting mayor, calling the takeover illegal pending his appeal before the Supreme Court over a suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman.
Dator’s statement came after Manuel Gotis, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 4A director, issued a memorandum dated April 2, 2018 addressed to Adolfo Tupas, first municipal councilor, to assume the position as vicemayor with Vice Mayor Armando Abutal assuming the position of mayor.
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