CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has been placed under suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman.
The state’s anti-graft investigating body on Wednesday, May 8 announced that they ordered to put Rama under preventive suspension for six months.
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Aside from Rama, seven other city hall officials were also included in the suspension order.
In a resolution issued by Ombudsman Samuel Martires, he said that they had seen sufficient grounds to preventively suspend Rama for the complaint of grave misconduct and conduct unbecoming of a public officer, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest among others.
The decision stemmed over a case that involved the reassigning of several city hall employees that resulted in the city government’s failure to pay them their wages for 10 months.
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Rama, however, declined to comment on the matter as of this writing, saying he has yet to receive a copy of the suspension order from the Ombudsman.
“I do not know what they are talking about…How can I be into a preventive suspension when I have not received a copy of any complaint,” Rama told reporters via phone interview.
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