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Can MANGATA be elevated as ABC President, albeit he assumed the office of Punong Barangay by way succession
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under Section 4, Article XII (Term and Tenure of Office and Vacancies) of the 2010
Constitution and By-Laws of the Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas, to wit:
SECTION 4. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. THE
FOLLOWING SHALL CONSTITUTE THE GROUND/S FOR REMOVAL
OF A LIGA OFFICER OR MEMBER:
A. DISLOYALTY TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND/OR
THE LIGA NG MGA BARANGAY;
B. CULPABLE VIOLATION OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
AND/OR LIGA CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS;
C. GROSS NEGLECT OF DUTY;
D. COMMISSION OF, AND/OR- PARTICIPATION IN THE
COMMISSION OF ANY OFFENSE INVOLVING MORAL
TURPITUDE OR AN OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY AN
IMPRISONMENT OF NOT LESS THAN PRISION MAYOR;
GRAVE ABUSE OF AUTHORITY;
APPLICATION FOR OR ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN
CITIZENSHIP OR RESIDENCE OR A STATUS OF AN
IMMIGRANT OF ANOTHER COUNTRY:
G. WILLFUL OR MALICIOUS WITHHOLDING, NON-PAYMENT OR
NON-REMITTANCE OF LIGA DUES;
H. ANY OTHER CONDUCT PREJUDICIAL TO THE INTEREST OF
THE NATIONAL LIGA OR THE LOCAL LIGA CHAPTER
CONCERNED;
|. CONVICTION BY FINAL JUDGMENT OF ANY CRIMINAL
AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSE;
J. INSUBORDINATION AS MANIFESTED BY REFUSAL TO OBEY
AND/OR DEFIANCE OF ANY LAWFUL ORDER, DIRECTIVE,
MEMORANDUM AND THE LIKE;
K. REPETITION OF ANY GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION
ENUMERATED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH; AND
L. SUCH OTHER GROUND AS PROVIDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO.
7160 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CODE OF 1991, RA. NO. 6713, RA. NO. 3019, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987, THE REVISED PENAL CODE
OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW AND
STATUTES.
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NO OTHER GROUNDS SHALL BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT
BASIS FOR REMOVAL OF ANY OFFICER OF THE CHAPTER.
Lastly, the procedure for removing a ABC President is found under Section 5. It is done
by a written petition submitted to the Provincial Liga Board for review and verification,
duly signed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the general membership of the municipal or
component city chapter concerned, excluding the respondent/s, in a general
“Matino, Mahusay at Maaasahan”
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