Sa hayag ag tampad nga panimuot, hayra rong mga agencia nga ginpadaehan ku rondayang resolution nga nagdeklara kay Ms. Jonalyn Dela Cruz, MLGOO it Balete bilang persona non grata riya sa banwang Balete. Kapas ron sanda mag-interpretar kon anu rong substansya it ginatawag nga “resolution”. Indi kita magpati-pati sa owa it basihan nga comentaryo ku iba rona nga nagapakita eamang ku andang pagka ignorante, may vested interest ag announcer it fake news.
- The Office of the Provincial Director, DILG Aklan
- The Office of the Regional Director, DILG VI – Iloilo City
- The Sangguniang Barangay of the 10 constituent barangays of Balete, Aklan
- The Civil Service Commission Regional Office VI, Iloilo City
- The Public Assistance and Information Office, CSC Central Office, Manila
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary, MalacaƱang Palace, Manila
- The Office of the Provincial Governor of Aklan
- The Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan
- All the Municipal Mayors in the Province of Aklan
- All the Sangguniang Bayan in the Province of Aklan
Hayra mat-a rong Resolution:
EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH (48TH) REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN (for the period 2016-2019) OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALETE, AKLAN HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017 AT THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN SESSION HALL.
Present:
HON. CRISPINO P. BELTRAN, JR. SB Member
HON. APOLINAR C. CLEOPE SB Member/Presiding
HON. PATRICK F. LACHICA SB Member
HON. JOSE ROGER D. FELICIANO SB Member
HON. AGNES D. RECIDORO SB Member
HON. JOSELITO C. DELOS REYES SB Member
HON. KARL V. YASA SB Member (Appointed)
Absent:
HON. ROMAN R. VILLARUEL Vice Mayor
HON. INOCENTES F. BANTIGUE, JR. SB Member (On Official Business)
HON. ROMMEL M. REBENITO SB Member/Liga ng mga
Brgy. President
RESOLUTION NO. 156-sb2019
DECLARING MRS. JONALYN S. DELA CRUZ, MLGOO I, AS PERSONA NON GRATA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALETE, AKLAN
WHEREAS, the Municipal Local Government Operations Officer assigned in this municipality in the person of Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz has admitted in open session that she has inconspicuously attempted to secure a copy of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) of former Mayor Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. without the expressed consent of the latter;
WHEREAS, under the Data Privacy Act of 2012, securing personal information of public officials outside of the repository agencies needs the expressed consent of the data subject;
WHEREAS, the repository agency for the SALN of local government officials and employees as prescribed under Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 1500088, dated January 23, 2015 is the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for Visayas which has its own established rules governing the access to such personal data of those public officials and employees;
WHEREAS, the status of former Mayor Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. in the Local Government Unit of Balete falls into the category of an honorary member as his services as consultant are rendered gratis et amore, i.e., without service credit and without pay, making him per Republic Act 6713 (Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees) exempted from filing his SALN;
WHEREAS, considering the many years of service Mrs. Jonalyn Dela Cruz has rendered as MLGOO of this municipality, she was gently and fraternally advised by this august Body to mend her ways as her action is clearly illegal but her impertinence was at its apex whereby she rebuffed the members of this Sanggunian saying that she will not justify her action yet qualifying that she was just dispensing her duties and responsibilities as MLGOO, having been directed by her Provincial Director, John Ace Azarcon, to conduct a “discreet” fact-finding over an anonymous complaint made through CSC Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB) hotline;
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The transcript of the anonymous complaint |
WHEREAS, conducting discreet inquiries and the acquisition of personal data through illegal means are not part and parcel of the duties and responsibilities of MLGOO as the role rests on Lawrence Sander’s fictional character, Archibald McNally;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz need not have to conduct discreet inquiries to determine the merit of the complaint as she knows for a fact, having rubbed shoulders with the local officials and employees of Balete for many a number of years now, the many feathers in their cap as public and civil servants of the Local Government Unit, let alone, having championed and supported all the programs of the DILG thereby earning recognitions and awards as early as 2010 such as the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) and the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) that zeroed in on the principles of transparency, accountability and good governance. Earlier on, it was a consistent winner of the Regional Excell Awards, also of the DILG;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz, being privy to the developmental changes that took place in Balete over the years, would have dismissed the complaint right away as malicious for the following facts:
1. Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. is no longer the Mayor of Balete when the complaint was made in April 3, 2017 as he opted to be substituted by his son after serving the people of Balete for more than fifteen years. In his 5 terms as Mayor, he ran unopposed for the last four succeeding terms. Even before as he sought of the Office of the Vice Mayor prior to his mayorship, he ran unopposed.
2. With the recent recognition of Balete having ranked 5th in the entire Region VI for the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance would dispute the allegation that “hindi maganda ang pamamahala ng Mayor na si Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. Ang pera na para sa bayan ay hindi nagagamit nga tama rito sa amin dahil walang improvement dito sa lugar.” It is either the SGLG evaluators that gave very satisfactory grade to the current administration are lying to through their teeth or the complainant is blind (or malevolent) not to see the many developments that have had happened in the municipality over the years;
3. That these many developments took place during the tenure of former Mayor Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. include the following:
a. The establishment of Balete Community College, a tertiary institution affording cheap but quality education for poor students. Since 2004, it has produced professionals most of whom are now employed by DepEd as educators
b. The establishment of 24/7 Birthing Clinic and Medical Laboratory under the Municipal Health Office, making it the first in Aklan to have attained Zero Maternal and Child death for many years now
c. The improvement of road network system in barangays of Balete making up for more than 30 kilometers of concrete road pavement
d. The upgrading of school facilities such as science and computer laboratory, school buildings and other devices/equipment for the National High Schools in Balete (grant-loan through the LOGOFIND subproject)
e. Access to Level II potable water in the poblacion, portions of Barangay Feliciano, Fulgencio, Calizo, Arcangel, Morales, Cortes and Aranas
f. The constructions of facilities such as the Mayor Teodoro F. Calizo, Sr. Memorial Civic Center, the Mayor Miguel F. Calizo Multi-purpose Building, the improvement of the Balete Public Market
g. The acquisition of several units of rescue vehicles and heavy equipment such as dump trucks, road grader, backhoe and bulldozer
h. The prompt implementation of all BUB and KC-NCDDP projects under his watch
4. That Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr., belongs to the landed gentry who was not only recognized by the Province of Aklan as an outstanding taxpayer but rather was conferred with a Hall of Famer award for his consistency in religiously paying his obligations for himself and for those whose property he administered.
5. In his 24 years of public service, former Mayor Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. has never been charged with any criminal or administrative case.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz also disclosed that when she was unable to get hold of a copy of his SALN, she photocopied a number of Certificate of Awards and Recognitions as Outstanding Taxpayer of the latter she found at his former office at the Town Hall of Balete after ransacking it and presented them to her Provincial Director, John Ace Azarcon, again without the knowledge and consent of the data subject;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz displayed partiality in dealing with the anonymous complaint wherein she refused the former Mayor first-hand information on the matter and yet personally and openly discussed it with the Municipal Engineer who happened to be one of the subjects of the complaints (see attached photocopy of the complaint) and for which she was granted his consent to use his personal information for the so called discreet fact-finding mission of hers;
WHEREAS, Mrs. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz has displayed unprofessionalism in dealing with that specific complaint for while initiating discreet inquiries and soliciting information through illegal means she failed to act promptly on it in contravention to Section 5(d) of Executive Order No. 6 which directs to “have a concrete and specific action within 72 hours from the receipt of the concern by the proper government agency or instrumentality” thereby sending wrong perception of her roles as dispenser or peddler of undue patronage. She had with her the copy of the transcript of complaint as early as the first week of June 2017 but has been soliciting information even when the prescribed time has lapsed;
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The Memorandum of Dir. Nuyda of DILG |
WHEREAS, nowhere in the Memorandum of Regional Director Anthony Nuyda of the DILG (see attached copy hereto attached) did it instructed her to conduct “discreet” inquiry or to secure illegally the SALN of former Mayor Calizo as the instruction is plainly to conduct fact-finding;
WHEREAS, the worries of this Sanggunian lies on the arbitrariness of the discretion of the MLGOO of illegally processing the personal data of former Mayor Teodoro V. Calizo, Jr. that if it remains unchecked can embolden Mrs. Jonalyn Dela Cruz to habitually trammel other officials and employees under the pretext of resolving an anonymous complaint;
WHEREAS, the villainous act of Mrs. Jonalyn Dela Cruz coupled by her impertinence makes no room of protracting her quotidian excursion here in the municipality.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as it is HEREBY RESOLVED on motion unanimously made by the present members of this Sanggunian in session assembled, TO DECLARE as it is HEREBY DECLARED MLGOO Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz as persona non grata in the Municipality of Balete, Aklan.
RESOLVED FURTHER, lest it may be misunderstood, the sentiments herein expressed is directed solely and exclusively to the action of Ms. Jonalyn S. Dela Cruz of attempting to illegally secure a copy of the SALN of a former official of the Local Government Unit of Balete and not against her office.
RESOLVED FURTHERMORE, that copies of this resolution be furnished the following agencies / departments for their information:
- The Office of the Provincial Director, DILG Aklan
- The Office of the Regional Director, DILG VI – Iloilo City
- The Sangguniang Barangay of the 10 constituent barangays of Balete, Aklan
- The Civil Service Commission Regional Office VI, Iloilo City
- The Public Assistance and Information Office, CSC Central Office, Manila
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary, MalacaƱang Palace, Manila
- The Office of the Provincial Governor of Aklan
- The Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan
- All the Municipal Mayors in the Province of Aklan
- All the Sangguniang Bayan in the Province of Aklan
I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing facts.
(original signed)
AL F. DELA CRUZ
Secretary to the Sanggunian
ATTESTED BY:
(original signed)
APOLINAR C. CLEOPE
SB Member/Presiding
CONCURRED IN:
(original signed)
DEXTER M. CALIZO
Municipal Mayor