THE Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that the Cebu City mayor is lawfully mandated to appoint members of the Metro Cebu Water District’s (MCWD) Board of Directors in accordance with Presidential Decree (PD) 198 issued by then- President Ferdinand Marcos in 1973.

In a full court ruling penned by Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, the SC granted the petition for certiorari filed by Mayor Michael Rama, et al. as it annuled and set aside the decision rendered on November 16, 2010 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 18 in Cebu.

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