Macatuno files P.5M civil case vs guv
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Provincial Engineer Juanito Macatuno, who is under preventive suspension, formally filed Monday a writ of preliminary injunction with temporary restraining order and damages against Governor Eddie Panlilio.
In a 13-page complaint, Macatuno through legal counsel Peter Paul Maglalang, seeks moral damages, attorneys fees, and exemplary damages amounting to P500,000.
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Maglalang said the allegations hurled against his client “is evidently being vexed twice for the same cause due to the unlawful and malicious acts of Panlilio, who is recycling the old issues previously ruled upon by Civil Service Commission.”
Earlier, Macatuno did not find it necessary to attend the hearing on the administrative case filed against him.
Instead, he sent a letter saying that “due to the categorical findings of the Civil Service Commission in its aforesaid decision, there is no basis for your good office to conduct any further investigation with respect to the same matter covered by the said decision.”
On October 1, Panlilio suspended Macatuno for 60 days after his office received information from a “concerned citizen” alleging that the latter did not obtain a college degree. Subsequently, the governor charged Macatuno of dishonesty and falsification of public documents.
In a counter-affidavit, Macatuno provided the governor a copy of the decision of the Civil Service Commission dated January 3, 2001 wherein it declared, among others, that Macatuno is a degree holder in civil engineering from
The CSC decision also declared that Macatuno was issued Special Order No. 3-2094, series of 1978 by the Ministry of Education and Culture, showing that Macatuno graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
“Based on the formal charge you issued, nothing was ever mentioned therein regarding any new developments that arose after the aforesaid decision of the Civil Service Commission was rendered,” the letter said.
Last week, Macatuno appealed to the governor for fairness and sensitivity in the interest of unity and harmony in the provincial Capitol. He said that he has nothing personal against Panlilio even after he was charged administratively and suspended for 60 days without pay.
But he said his rights have been violated by the governor’s action against him “without the benefit of due process, and the fact that his case had already been settled a long time ago.” (Marna H. Dagumboy and Ian Ocampo Flora)
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