Gov hits back at Compostela exec

DISTASTEFUL and uncalled for.

That was how Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia described Compostela Councilor-elect Tessie Cang’s criticism of her in relation to last week’s municipal hall takeover.

In yesterday’s press conference, Garcia took offense at Cang’s alleged insinuation that the governor paid more attention to her running mate Glenn Soco’s election protest than the election dispute in Compostela.

“I cannot resolve a pending protest case before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) nor dictate to them to resolve their case immediately,” she said.

“I find it inappropriate for Ms Tessa Cang to call Glenn Soco ‘my baby.’ That is totally distasteful and unbecoming of one who is supposed to be a public official herself,” Garcia said.

The governor cited her own complaint against former Cebu City mayor and now Rep. Tomas Osmeña of Cebu City’s south district as an example.

She said the Comelec has yet to resolve her complaint on the billboards Osmeña placed along the roads leading to the South Road Propertries (SRP) that were critical of her.

She said her Capitol administration had extended every assistance to Compostela town.

Capitol consultant and spokesman Rory Jon Sepulveda said it was Soco’s lawyers and not Garcia who are pursuing his election case before the Comelec.

Compostela town’s police chief Senior Insp. Rodrigo Giangan resigned yesterday in the wake of last Wednesday’s municipal hall takeover.

Giangan submitted his resignation letter to the Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG) and the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO).

Giangan cited loss of confidence by Regional DILG-7 Director Pedro Noval as the reason behind his resignation.

Noval earlier questioned Giangan’s failure to immediately secure the municipal hall after four of Mayor-elect Joel Quiño’s followers broke the padlocked doors.

Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, CPPO chief, said while he wanted Giangan to stay he saw that Noval, Compostela’s caretaker mayor, may not want to work with Giangan.

He said he had yet to find Giangan’s replacement.

Giangan called on the Comelec to resolve the election dispute between Quiño and his rival, Ritchie Wagas.

In Compostela, municipal police chief Senior Insp. Rodrigo Giangan submitted his resignation yesterday in the wake of last Wednesday’s municipal hall takeover.

Giangan submitted his resignation letter to the Department of Interior and Local Government in Central Visayas (DILG) and the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO).

Giangan cited loss of confidence by Regional DILG-7 Director Pedro Noval as the reason behind his resignation.

He said while he may have committed some lapses, he tried his best to control the situation.

Noval earlier questioned Giangan’s failure to immediately secure the municipal hall after four of Mayor-elect Joel Quiño’s followers broke the padlocked doors.

Giangan, who assumed as Compostela police chief in June last year, said he is willing to be reassigned someplace.

Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador, CPPO chief, said while he wanted Giangan to stay, he saw that Noval, Compostela’s caretaker mayor, may not want to work with Giangan.

He said he had yet to find Giangan’s replacement.

Giangan called on the Comelec to resolve the election dispute between Quiño and his rival, Ritchie Wagas.