BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, along with City Council members, joined the march of city mayors from all over the country to file the motion for reconsideration on the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision approving the conversion of 16 towns into cities.
Caesar Distrito, Em Ang, Al Victor Espino, Mona Dia Jardin, Bobby Rojas, Elmer Sy, Elcid Familiaran, Catalino Alisbo and Sonya Verdeflor were among those Bacolod City councilors who joined the march from Luneta to the SC. The City Council passed a resolution on Tuesday that supports the opposition of the LCP against the SC ruling on the new cities. The process of filing the motion for reconsideration is to ventilate, articulate and crystallize issues affecting City Government administration, and securing, through proper and legal means, solution thereto. The motion serves as the unified voice of the cities advocating policies and continuing autonomy, promoting capacity-building and best practice sharing and strengthening internal and external linkages to lift the nation out of poverty. The case arose after the LCP challenged the constitutionality of the 16 cityhood laws passed during the 14th Congress, wherein the said cityhood laws failed to comply with the requirement set by Republic Act 9009, such as the P100 million locally generated income, land area of 100 sq kilometers and population of 150,000. The first decision of the SC dated November 18, 2008 declared the 16 cityhood laws as unconstitutional. On March 31, 2009, the Court denied the motion for reconsideration by a vote of 7-5. It was denied with finality for lack of merit. (Carla N. Canet) Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on March 10, 2011.
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