The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Clarin passes a resolution asking Bohol Inter Agency Task Force (BIATF) to probe the alleged protocol violation committed by Clarin Mayor Eugene Ibarra.
This was the revelation of Clarin Vice Mayor Allen Rey Piezas in a telephone interview on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
He said the resolution will be submitted to the BIATF anytime this week.
Majority of the members of the SB approved the resolution, the Clarin vice mayor said. The resolution was passed on Tuesday, during the regular session of the SB.
The issue stems from the reports that Clarin mayor had a meeting in his home even if he is under home quarantine to discuss the town’s budget that is yet to be approved by the SB.
The mayor is placed under home quarantine after he arrived from Davao on Dec. 31, 2020, reports say.
Moreover, Piezas said that the mayor violated Executive Order (EO) No. 54 series of 2020 of Gov. Arthur Yap, Ibarra’s EO No. 97 series of 2020 adopting Yap’s EO No. 54 and the undertaking that the mayor signed that he will not accept visitors while the latter is under home quarantine.
In a separate phone interview with The Bohol Tribune on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, Mayor Ibarra admitted that he violated protocol when he conducted a face-to-face meeting with the local finance committee. Mayor Ibarra ends his quarantine on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
The mayor, who declined The Bohol Tribune’s request for a live radio interview, is apologetic and is open to face any investigation.
However, he wants the people of Clarin to understand he conducted the meeting as part of his duty as mayor. He added, the virtual meeting option was not considered due to the poor quality of cellular signal around his home where he was placed under quarantine.