THE administration of outgoing Bacolod City Mayor Evelio is set to turnover to the incoming administration of Mayor-elect Alfredo Benitez about 33 cases filed against the City Government.
Outgoing City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan said they are now preparing all the documents to be turned over to the incoming administration.
Bayatan said of the 33 cases, most of them involved governance.
"There are litigants filing against the city, and there are also cases that we filed against the third parties," he added.
Bayatan said they are ready to turn over all the documents to the incoming administration.
"To formalize the turnover, we will do it together with the rest of other departments," he said.
If the incoming administration will ask his assistance about the city's cases, Bayatan said he is willing to help them for the interest of the city.
Bayatan noted that he already met with the lawyers of the incoming administration and oriented them on what to do about the cases.
On Wednesday afternoon, June 22, the transition teams of Leonardia and Benitez held a preliminary meeting at the MassKara Hall of the Bacolod Government Center.
The turnover of documents is expected on June 30, the first day of Benitez's administration, which is also the date set for the next meeting of the transition teams.
Outgoing City Administrator Lawyer Eduard Joseph Cuansing, who is one of the focal persons of Leonardia’s transition team, earlier said they will turnover the documents on June 30 as per a circular of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Bacolod Lone District Representative Greg Gasataya, who leads the transition team of Benitez, also cited the continuous cooperation of the department heads.
Gasataya said they just facilitate the necessary preparation as mandated by law.
"They signified that they already have some documents ready for turnover. We just need to get those documents," he said, adding that "so far, it was fruitful as they manifested cooperation."
"Our intention is to have a smooth and peaceful turnover," the congressman said.