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Tuesday, April 05, 2005
City Hall to hear sex harassment case
By Aurea A. Gerundio
THE Committee on Decorum and Investigation (Codi) of the City Hall of Davao will hear Tuesday the motion to dismiss filed by the City Information Office (CIO) employee accused of sexually harassing a female colleague.
This was revealed Monday by Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) chief Marcelino Escalada Jr., adding that the Codi has already elected Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte's chief of staff Patricia "Patmei" Ruivivar as the new chief of the Codi after City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado and City Legal Officer Melchor V. Quitain inhibited from the position for certain reasons.
The Codi, Escalada said, has the exclusive jurisdiction over the sexual harassment cases involving government employees.
The Codi is composed of the City Administrator, City Legal Office, City Planning and Development Office, HRMO, City Social Services and Development Office, City Assessor's Office, City Budget Office and the Davao City Hall Employees Association.
Avisado earlier said he is an active member of Womynet, a group of women advocates assisting victims of violence and sexual abuse, thus, the inhibition.
"It is appropriate for me to inhibit from the investigation to avoid bias," Avisado said.
Efforts to get the reason of Quitain for his inhibition, meanwhile, proved futile. Escalada refused to give details of the motion to dismiss filed by the respondent.
He likewise refused to identify the respondent and the complainant although he hinted that the latter was a daughter of a high-ranking city government official.
Escalada said the suspect might face dismissal from his job if proven guilty of sexually harassing a female colleague.
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