ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has deferred taking action on a proposed resolution calling on the Iloilo City Urban Poor Affairs Office (ICUPAO) to relocate 29 families facing eviction in Barangay Jereos, La Paz district.
“Indi kita dapat mangin selective,” said Councilor Plaridel Nava, noting that hundreds of displaced families from two to three years back were still waiting for their relocation and these should be prioritized by ICUPAO.
He questioned the proposed resolution of Councilor Jay Treñas, chairperson of the SP committee on urban poor affairs and minority groups.
“What is so special with these (29) households,” asked Nava.
ICUPAO, he added, is mandated to prioritize families displaced by government projects and those evicted from government properties.
The 29 households were the subject of a writ of demolition in Civil Case No. C-V-5 58-14 involving a privately-owned lot of Barangay Jereos, La Paz.
Passing an SP resolution every time there are families facing court-ordered eviction would destroy the bureaucratic processes at ICUPAO, according to Nava./PN
