The chairman's work with the power plant would be considered a 'direct conflict of interest,' says Ian Hecita, a political science lecturer at the De La Salle University in Manila.
or president in Filipino is how the Ilijan residents called their barangay chairman. Anytime a resident spoke about him, they would call him, indicating the kind of respect the residents gave to the leader of their barangay or village, Gilbert Cepillo.
VISIT. The PCIJ team visited Ilijan twice in the first week of September 2022 to get an interview with Cepillo. Photo by Larry Monserate PiojoUnder Republic Act No.
Ian Hecita, a political science lecturer at the De La Salle University in Manila, said the chairman’s work with the power plant would be considered a “direct conflict of interest.” “The said prohibition is predicated on the principle that public office is a public trust; and serves to remove any impropriety, real or imagined, which may occur in government transactions between former government official or employee and his or her former colleagues, subordinates or superiors,” Villanueva said. and members of the Sangguniang Barangay are allowed to practice their profession and/or engage in other professions.
In 2008, the Supreme Court suspended lawyer Vicente Rellosa, who was then chairman of a barangay in Manila, from practicing law for six months, after representing a client while seated as.
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