MALOLOS CITY—The Supreme Court’s (SC) decision nullifying the creation the lone congressional district of this city is not yet final, officials said as they asked the high tribunal to be part of the debate.
“It’s not final yet, we were given 15 days to file our motion,” Jeffrey Cruz, the legal officer of this historic city told community leaders who participated in an emergency meeting at the city hall here on Thursday afternoon.
Cruz said that since they received a copy of the SC decision promulgated on January 25, they have filed a motion for leave to file comment-in-intervention.
The said motion if granted, Cruz said, will allow the city as represented by Mayor Danilo Domingo to be part of the debate in the SC to explain the situation in the city.
Based on the documents obtained by Punto, the SC magistrates ruled 7-6 in favor of the nullification of the creation of lone congressional district of this city.
Cruz explained that in the said case, the City of Malolos was excluded from the debates,and only the Commission on Election and the petitioners Victorino Aldaba, his son-in-law Julio Morada, daughter Minerva Aldaba Morada, and Carlo Jolette Fajardo were heard by the SC.
“There’s still hope for the lone district,” said Mayor Domingo. “We hope the Supreme Court will give us the chance to air our side because at stake here is the right of more than 250,000 residents of the city and the future development of the city.”
He said they are not asking the SC to reverse its 7-6 ruling that nullified the creation of the lone congressional district, but only for the SC to hear them.
Domingo said that documents they gathered showed that Malolos’ population this year will reach more than the 250,000 required by law for the establishment of a congressional district.
But the SC thought otherwise, and ruled to nullify the law that created the lone district of this city that lapsed into law last May 1 after the President failed to sign it.
Domingo blamed former Gov. Josie Dela Cruz who openly led the opposition against the creation the lone district last year.
“Hayagan ang ginawang pagkontra ni ex-Governor Josie sa lone district ng Malolos sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga liham sa mga teachers at paglo-lobby sa mga Senador,” Domingo said.
He explained that Dela Cruz’s opposition is politically motivated since it was Rep. Marivic Alvarado of the first congressional district who sponsored the House bill that created the lone district in 2008.
Rep. Alvarado is the wife of Vice Gov. Willy Alvarado who is running for governor of Bulacan against Dela Cruz.
“She thought that if Rep. Alvarado’s bill will be approved, I will be Alvarado’s ally,” Domingo said.
He stressed that Dela Cruz’s political strategy and calculations are wrong, and gave the former governor an unsolicited advise.
“As a tactician, she looked forward and she is correct; but as a leader, she should have looked back and realized the people who helped her before,” Domingo said.
“It’s not final yet, we were given 15 days to file our motion,” Jeffrey Cruz, the legal officer of this historic city told community leaders who participated in an emergency meeting at the city hall here on Thursday afternoon.
Cruz said that since they received a copy of the SC decision promulgated on January 25, they have filed a motion for leave to file comment-in-intervention.
The said motion if granted, Cruz said, will allow the city as represented by Mayor Danilo Domingo to be part of the debate in the SC to explain the situation in the city.
Based on the documents obtained by Punto, the SC magistrates ruled 7-6 in favor of the nullification of the creation of lone congressional district of this city.
Cruz explained that in the said case, the City of Malolos was excluded from the debates,and only the Commission on Election and the petitioners Victorino Aldaba, his son-in-law Julio Morada, daughter Minerva Aldaba Morada, and Carlo Jolette Fajardo were heard by the SC.
“There’s still hope for the lone district,” said Mayor Domingo. “We hope the Supreme Court will give us the chance to air our side because at stake here is the right of more than 250,000 residents of the city and the future development of the city.”
He said they are not asking the SC to reverse its 7-6 ruling that nullified the creation of the lone congressional district, but only for the SC to hear them.
Domingo said that documents they gathered showed that Malolos’ population this year will reach more than the 250,000 required by law for the establishment of a congressional district.
But the SC thought otherwise, and ruled to nullify the law that created the lone district of this city that lapsed into law last May 1 after the President failed to sign it.
Domingo blamed former Gov. Josie Dela Cruz who openly led the opposition against the creation the lone district last year.
“Hayagan ang ginawang pagkontra ni ex-Governor Josie sa lone district ng Malolos sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga liham sa mga teachers at paglo-lobby sa mga Senador,” Domingo said.
He explained that Dela Cruz’s opposition is politically motivated since it was Rep. Marivic Alvarado of the first congressional district who sponsored the House bill that created the lone district in 2008.
Rep. Alvarado is the wife of Vice Gov. Willy Alvarado who is running for governor of Bulacan against Dela Cruz.
“She thought that if Rep. Alvarado’s bill will be approved, I will be Alvarado’s ally,” Domingo said.
He stressed that Dela Cruz’s political strategy and calculations are wrong, and gave the former governor an unsolicited advise.
“As a tactician, she looked forward and she is correct; but as a leader, she should have looked back and realized the people who helped her before,” Domingo said.
