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Barricade set vs. demolition
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Some residents of 15th Street, Brgy. 7, Bacolod City, affected by a demolition order will put up a barricade to prevent the City Composite Enforcement Team from enforcing it, Barangay Captain Bernabe Sibug, said yesterday.

In an interview over Aksyon Radyo, Sibug, claimed that the Legal Department of the Home Mortgage Finance Corp. has commented that there is a pending application involving the subject property for housing program.

He claimed that the city is not aware that they have negotiations with the owner of the property who is in Manila, and said that they did not show up at the Bacolod City Government Center Tuesday for the dialog since the case they had filed against the city is pending in court.

Sibug also claimed that Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. will schedule a congressional inquiry on the matter next week.

City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan said he welcomes the congressional inquiry because it will show that Bacolod is implementing the law, and the City Legal Office is doing its job.

He said it will also show that the Mayor is making people understand that they should not live on road lots but should transfer to a decent place that will be provided by the city.

BASKETBALL COURT

Maybe Golez wants to show that anybody can construct a house or basketball court on the road, like the basketball court he had put up at 15th Street, Bayatan said. But the city will not tolerate this and will set a good example to other local governments, he said.

“I hope the inquiry will further support the decision of the Court that people have no right to live on road lots, and that the government can exercise its police power to implement the law,” Bayatan said.

He appealed to Golez to set a good example as a leader and as a congressman, whose duty is to legislate laws, not encourage people to break them.

RTC DENIAL

The Regional Trial Court had denied for lack of valid reasons, the writ of preliminary injunction sought by the nine residents of Brgy. 7 seeking to prevent the city government from demolishing their structures.

Meanwhile, Bayatan said the affected residents have already been given a chance to be included in the on-site development program under the Urban Poor Purok Magnolia Chapter Inc. (UPPMCI).

NINE ONLY

He said UPPMCI president Evangeline Galleno is cooperating with the city and out of the 26 affected families of Brgy. 7, 11 have already applied with her and were given lots, while six have applied with the Bacolod Housing Authority for a relocation site.

Bayatan said only nine residents filed a case against the city out of the 26 residents of Brgy. 7, he said. Two of the nine complainants have now applied for relocation site, he said.*CGS

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