Enumerating the "issues" against Cabigting, Lacson said the resolution is the result of the vice mayor's refusal to sign the appointments of confidential staff assigned to the majority bloc, as well as the issues emanating from the reorganization of the Liga ng mga Barangay (LB).
In response to Lacson's resolution, Cabigting delivered a privilege speech. She, however, refused to take questions from the majority bloc of the City Council.
But the majority bloc seemed to have been dissatisfied with the answers of Cabigting and proceeded with the approval of the resolution.
Cabigting did not preside over the proceedings that led to the approval of the resolution. The majority placed Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation president Carl John Miranda as presiding officer.
Councilor Willie Rivera criticized the action of the majority, saying the act "is a way of closing the doors for communication and dialogue" and that it would not be proper to declare the presiding officer, who is mandated by law to uphold her position, as persona non grata.
Most of the councilors, on the other hand, affirmed their votes with the issues raised earlier against Cabigting.
"You (Cabigting) have a personality defect; you try to cling on something even though it is wrong," Councilor Agapito del Rosario told Cabigting, pointing out that the vice mayor's earlier privilege speech was "too personal" on the part of the majority.
Tension sparked when Miranda, the presiding officer, recognized barangay leader Robin Nepomuceno to vote on the resolution as ex-officio councilor representing the LB.
When Cabigting resumed in presiding the session, she said the act of Miranda was "clearly in violation of the current court procedure on the issue of the LB between Nepomuceno of Barangay Cutcut and Jerry Alejandrino of Barangay Pandan."
"The issue is already in court, if it would appear that the City Council is already recognizing someone, our SK might be seeing himself in contempt of court," Cabigting said.
Councilor Ares Yabut, on the other hand, lauded Miranda's action, stating that Nepomuceno is the real LB president.
But Cabigting vowed to present the proceedings of the resolution, the media tapes of the session and Yabut's declaration in court, adding that any issue pending the decision of the court should not be discussed in the council.
Some attendees of the session were disappointed with Miranda for having been playing as a "puppet" of the new majority.
"He sits there but he does not call the shots, he does what honorable councilors dare not do," an observer said.
