Atimonan mayor dismissed for failing to reinstate sacked driver

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Atimonan mayor dismissed for failing to reinstate sacked driver
Mayor Jose Mendoza is also perpetually barred from holding public office

MANILA, Philippines – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has ordered the dismissal of Mayor Jose Mendoza of Atimonan, Quezon, for defying a Civil Service Commission order to reinstate a sacked municipal office driver.

In a 6-page decision released on Tuesday, October 27, Morales directed the Interior Secretary to immediately implement the dismissal of Mendoza for gross neglect of duty and oppression.

Mendoza was also meted out the accessory penalties of perpetual disqualification from holding public office, cancellation of eligibility, bar from taking the civil service examinations, and forfeiture of retirement benefits, the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement.

The case stemmed from a complaint filed by Romeo Parin who was illegally dismissed by Mendoza as a driver of the municipality in 2010. 

After failing to secure Mendoza’s reconsideration, Parin elevated his case to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) which ordered Mendoza to reinstate Parin, with back wages. 

In May 2013, the CSC issued a resolution granting Parin’s Motion for Execution, but this remained unexecuted until September 2014.

In ruling against Mendoza, the Ombudsman stated that the respondent “blatantly refused to reinstate complainant and to pay him back wages without justifiable reason.” 

“Said act cannot be countenanced without running afoul of the established rule of actions of government officials and employees” highlighting that “respondent’s show of arrogance and persistent disregard of lawful orders of a constitutional body continued while serving anew as mayor of Atimonan,” Morales said in her decision. – Rappler.com

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