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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Talisay claim on SRP ‘business sabotage’
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is no longer surprised with Talisay City’s move to file in court an adverse claim over 53.44 hectares of the 240-hectare South Road Properties (SRP).
While before he lashes at Talisay when discussing the SRP, he appeared calm yesterday in reacting to the claim.
He is confident Talisay’s chance at success is “very poor.”
“Even if the SRP were in downtown of Talisay (City) they can’t claim it,” he told a news conference.
“They’re doing business sabotage but we’re getting used to it,” the mayor added.
The Talisay City Council last Aug. 24 passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Socrates Fernandez to file the claim, which is aimed at protecting Talisay’s legal boundaries.
Sabotage
“Otherwise its sovereignty and territorial integrity will be emasculated,” the Council said.
Talisay City officials believe the SRP is encroaching on its territory.
But SRP project manager Nigel Paul Villarete described their move as “immature sourgraping.”
He said it is “a weak and childish attempt at economic sabotage.”
Osmeña yesterday compared the circumstances on Talisay’s claim with the Provincial Government’s properties in Barangay Luz, Cebu City where the City Government cannot claim ownership.
The SRP is owned by the Cebu City Government and funded by a loan provided in the bilateral agreement between the National Government and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, he said.
Talisay’s claim used to irk him, as it had delayed the issuance of the title for the properties, which cost P5.9 billion to build, and caused a major delay in marketing the SRP to investors.
Meanwhile, Cebu City Hall will no longer pursue in court expropriation proceedings to take over a property affected by the opening of an access road in Barangay Mambaling to the SRP.
Councilor Jose Daluz III proposed a resolution authorizing Osmeña to enter into a compromise agreement with Matias Sanchez’s heirs for the purchase of two properties, which have an area of 338 square meters on C. Padilla St., Cebu City.
Case
Daluz said the City filed the expropriation proceedings last year and deposited an amount equivalent to 100 percent of the Bureau of Internal Revenue zonal valuation, which is P6,000 per square meter.
The civil case was authorized by Cebu City Ordinance 2042 passed on May 18, 2005.
The same ordinance also appropriated P2.3 million based on the zonal valuation on lot 7951, with an area of 122 square meters, and lot 2856, which has an area of 216 square meters.
The owners recently told the court that they are amenable to the purchase price.
If the resolution is approved, the case will be considered closed once both parties sign the compromise agreement. (GAC)
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