Guihulngan disqualified for cityhood
The newly proclaimed Guihulngan City, 1 of the 16 former municipalities which were petitioned by the League of Cities in the country to the Supreme Court to be declared as invalid because of not abiding with some of the laws, is now back to being a municipality.
In the oral argumentation at the Supreme Court which was attended by Guihulngan City Mayor Ernesto Reyes and witnessed by Bais City Mayor Tata Villanueva, the League of Cities questioned the cityhood of Guihulngan since it was not able to pass the guidelines which directs that to qualify for cityhood, the municipality should generate at least 100 million pesos annual income. This guideline is newly included in the Local Government Code which was amended by the author of the law Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
The League of Cities represented by Regis Puno rose that the cityhood of the 16 municipalities is not constitutional. The law says that the cityhood of a municipality should be based on the Local Government Code and is subject to the approval of the majority of the affected political units.
It was found out that Guihulngan town did not reach the required 100 million pesos annual income since it only generates 60 million pesos every year including its IRA.
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Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:58 pm