The Regional Trial Court Branch 7 in Cebu City cancelled the hearing for the Metropolitan Cebu Water District’s request for a temporary restraining order over Mayor Edgardo Labella’s termination of its Board of Directors. | Contributed photo
The summary hearing was scheduled at 2 p.m. at the sala of Judge James Stuart Ramon Himalaloan of Branch 7, but the judge ordered the cancellation on November 14, 2019, after he ruled that the case was filed in the wrong court.According to the Order released by Himalaloan, the case for the “Declaration of Nullity of Notice of Termination, the Local Water Utilities Board Association’s Designation of Interim Board of Directors, etc.
The case was returned to Branch 11 after case was filed with the clerk of court, who had raffled it to Branch 7. Gealon said the case against the city would not take hold as the MCWD Board of Directors did not have the right to any public office as they were appointed by the appointing authority, which is the mayor of Cebu City.
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