President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed the administrative sanctions imposed on former Iloilo City mayor Jed Mabilog – a political target of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed the administrative sanctions imposed on former
00:05Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog, a political target of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:11This allows him to run for public office again, while his twin criminal cases continue to
00:15be heard in courts.
00:17Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin says on Monday, January 27, the president's clemency
00:22for the administrative case removes the penalties or disabilities resulting from such case.
00:27Mabilog was ordered dismissed and perpetually disqualified from office by the ombudsman
00:31in October 2017 for having financial interests in a towing company that had a contract with
00:37the local government.
00:38The High Court upheld the dismissal in July 2019 and it became final.
00:43The office of the ombudsman filed the accompanying criminal graft charges before the Sandigan
00:47Bayan and the Lapu-Lapu Regional Trial Court in 2023, which are being tried to this day.
00:54According to Bersamin, Marcos granted Mabilog's petition due to the circumstances that forced
00:58the mayor to leave the country.
01:00The Duterte administration had labeled Mabilog a drug lord.