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MAKATI Vice Mayor Romulo Peña may face sanctions over his continued absence in the meetings of the Makati City Council, an official said Thursday.

Makati Councilor Alethea Casal-Uy said the council will decide Tuesday next week if they will push through with investigating Peña’s absence during council meetings in accordance with their rules as well as the Local Government Code.

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The rules say that if a member of the council has incurred at least four absences, he or she may face a fine, suspension or even removal from office.

As vice mayor, Peña is supposed to preside over the city council.

Uy said it was unfortunate that Peña had been clinging on to his post as acting mayor and refusing to comply with the order of the Court of Appeals.

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“We are saddened that Vice Mayor Peña is insisting he is mayor,” Uy said.

“He should stop misrepresenting himself as acting mayor now that the CA has clarified its ruling.”

Peña assumed the position of acting mayor after Mayor Junjun Binay was ordered suspended by the Ombudsman on March 16, but the Court of Appeals issued an order stopping Binay’s suspension.

Despite the order issued and extended indefinitely by the appellate court in favor of Binay, Peña has stood his ground and continued occupying office as acting mayor.

Peña insists he will wait for the Supreme Court’s decision on the petition filed by the Ombudsman seeking the implementation of the suspension order against Binay.

The high court has scheduled oral arguments on the case on April 14.

Casal-Uy said the appellate court had already made it clear that “status quo” meant the situation before the issuance of the suspension, which meant Binay was never suspended and Peña was never acting mayor.

“This is not a case where you choose which court to follow. All of us, especially those in government, should follow the courts,” Uy said.

She repeated her appeal to Peña to sign the payroll for the salaries of some 150 employees and staff under the Sangguniang Panglungsod and the Office of the Vice Mayor.

Peña earlier said it was no longer part of his duties to sign the payroll as acting mayor.

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