Drilon: Atienza defying SC by holding meeting – Malaya 11.13.2006
SEN. Franklin Drilon yesterday accused the faction of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza of defying the Supreme Court by going ahead with a scheduled party meeting today.
The Nov. 13 event at the Manila Hotel was originally scheduled to elect a new set of LP officers under the supervision of the Commission on Elections to settle the leadership dispute between Drilon and Atienza.
The election was put on hold by the SC’s issuance last Thursday of a 10-day temporary restraining order upon petition by the Drilon camp.
Drilon said Atienza’s calling for a National Executive Council (NECO) meeting today is a clear violation of the TRO. "Former LP chairman Manila Mayor Lito Atienza did not have the authority to convene a NECO meeting as the Comelec, in its Oct. 16 decision, has already stripped him of his fraudulent title of LP president," Drilon said. "Under the LP constitution and by-laws, only the properly-elected party president can convene the party’s NECO."
Drilon added that with or without the TRO, the Atienza faction still cannot convene a NECO meeting because the Comelec has ruled that "we (Drilon) are the legitimate officers of the party." The NECO is the highest policy-making body of the LP. Both the Atienza and Drilon factions claim to control it.
LP secretary general Rep. Nereus Acosta added that Atienza may not even convene a meeting of the LP Manila City local chapter because technically, the party has already expelled him and four other "disloyal" members.
"We consider Mayor Atienza resigned from the LP for committing acts inimical to the interest of the party when he organized the rump Manila Hotel convention in clear violation of LP rules. In his place, Manila Rep. Rudy Bacani has been named LP Manila Chapter chairman," Acosta said.
Drilon said that in deference to the SC, his faction has voluntarily deferred to a later date its planned NECO meeting today at Club Filipino in San Juan, a decision sniffed at by former Pasay Rep. Lorna Verano-Yap who said that the "small Drilon faction… cancelled (the meeting) at the last minute due to fear that no one will attend it."
Atienza, who maintains that Drilon is not the LP leader either because the Comelec has declared his term as president already expired, said in a statement that his group decided to go ahead with the meeting since LP leaders representing the various provincial chapters are already in Manila. He stressed that there will be no election until after the Supreme Court issues a final ruling on the matter.
He earlier pointed out that the TRO only cancelled the election, not the meeting. Expected to attend the meeting today aside from presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor, solicitor general Antonio Nachura, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., House deputy speaker Eric Singson are several incumbent and former congressmen, governors, vice-governors and mayors. – Dennis Gadil
The Nov. 13 event at the Manila Hotel was originally scheduled to elect a new set of LP officers under the supervision of the Commission on Elections to settle the leadership dispute between Drilon and Atienza.
The election was put on hold by the SC’s issuance last Thursday of a 10-day temporary restraining order upon petition by the Drilon camp.
Drilon said Atienza’s calling for a National Executive Council (NECO) meeting today is a clear violation of the TRO. "Former LP chairman Manila Mayor Lito Atienza did not have the authority to convene a NECO meeting as the Comelec, in its Oct. 16 decision, has already stripped him of his fraudulent title of LP president," Drilon said. "Under the LP constitution and by-laws, only the properly-elected party president can convene the party’s NECO."
Drilon added that with or without the TRO, the Atienza faction still cannot convene a NECO meeting because the Comelec has ruled that "we (Drilon) are the legitimate officers of the party." The NECO is the highest policy-making body of the LP. Both the Atienza and Drilon factions claim to control it.
LP secretary general Rep. Nereus Acosta added that Atienza may not even convene a meeting of the LP Manila City local chapter because technically, the party has already expelled him and four other "disloyal" members.
"We consider Mayor Atienza resigned from the LP for committing acts inimical to the interest of the party when he organized the rump Manila Hotel convention in clear violation of LP rules. In his place, Manila Rep. Rudy Bacani has been named LP Manila Chapter chairman," Acosta said.
Drilon said that in deference to the SC, his faction has voluntarily deferred to a later date its planned NECO meeting today at Club Filipino in San Juan, a decision sniffed at by former Pasay Rep. Lorna Verano-Yap who said that the "small Drilon faction… cancelled (the meeting) at the last minute due to fear that no one will attend it."
Atienza, who maintains that Drilon is not the LP leader either because the Comelec has declared his term as president already expired, said in a statement that his group decided to go ahead with the meeting since LP leaders representing the various provincial chapters are already in Manila. He stressed that there will be no election until after the Supreme Court issues a final ruling on the matter.
He earlier pointed out that the TRO only cancelled the election, not the meeting. Expected to attend the meeting today aside from presidential chief of staff Michael Defensor, solicitor general Antonio Nachura, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., House deputy speaker Eric Singson are several incumbent and former congressmen, governors, vice-governors and mayors. – Dennis Gadil
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