BACOLOD City – Acting Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran is not welcoming the come-backing suspended Mayor Monico Puentevella. Familiaran has taken a leave for five days, from Feb. 12 to Feb. 16. He returns to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Wednesday. Being the councilor who earned the second highest number of votes in the 2013 elections, Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue is temporarily replacing Familiaran. Familiaran, however, said Batapa-Sigue is assuming the vice mayoralty post only until this afternoon as Puentevella’s 90-day preventive suspension is set to expire at 4 p.m. Familiaran described his three-month stint as SP presiding officer as smooth sailing. He said the city council did not face serious problems during his leadership, except for the city council’s failure to pass the 2016 budget of the city. Familiaran further said he also did not terminate or hire any job order employees for the SP with Puentevella’s suspension. His decision not to dismiss anyone or create new job positions was out of respect to Puentevella, he said. Only P600,000 of the allotted P1.6-million budget for the salaries of SP’s job order employees were released as of the first two months of the year, he added./PN BY MAE SINGUAY
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