Talisay council revamp to follow Soc's suspension

CEBU, Philippines - After the three-month suspension of Talisay City Councilor Socrates Fernandez, Vice Mayor Romeo Villarante will be calling for a reorganization of committee chairmanships.

Fernandez is handling two vital chairmanships for the Committee on Infrastructure and Committee on Laws.

"We will be calling for a reorganization," Villarante said, adding that there should be somebody who will be taking the place of Fernandez.

The committee is composed of one chairman and four members with no mention of vice-chairman.

Under the City Council House Rules on Section 8, whenever a vacancy occurs, or is declared to exist, in any of the committees, regular or special, the said vacancy shall be filled by election through a majority vote of all Sanggunian Members.

Majority Floor Leader Richard Francis Aznar also said the Alayon Party-dominated council agreed to conduct a reorganization of all committee chairmanships and members since two members of the minority bloc -- Councilors Danilo Caballero and Aldin Diaz -- will also be given committee chairmanship.

While the two councilors are not allied with them, Aznar said they decided to give them additional committee chairmanships because of what they've done in their previous positions.

Caballero is chairman of the Committee on Market and Slaughterhouse Affairs while Diaz is the chairman of the Committee on Information and Communication Technology.  (FREEMAN)