Almost 80% of the illegal structures in Bacolod City have already been demolished. El Cid Familiaran, acting mayor of the city, said Friday that he wants “to restore the image of Bacolod City.”
Familiaran said that all village officials were already submitted their accomplishment reports and it depends on the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to verify those accomplishments.
He also mentioned according to villages’ report, some of them reportedly already demolished 100% of the illegal structures within their area of responsibility.
“DILG will validate their reports and if they committed violations, the barangay officials will also face the consequence or possible charges,” Familiaran added.
The officials were earlier given a deadline until September 27 just to submit their accomplishment reports on clearing operations within their area in compliance with President Duterte’s mandate.
After the deadline, which ended Friday, he mentioned that the clearing operation will continue in different villages.
“We were given 60 days to comply (DILG’s directive), but it doesn’t follow that your compliance should be 100 percent immediately, after the 60 days deadline, the demolition of illegal structures will continue,” he said.
“We have a directive from Mayor Evelio Leonardia that after the clearing operation in the commercial establishments especially at the downtown area, the City Legal Office (CLO)-Enforcement Team will be deployed in the 61 barangays.” he added.
He also noted that those villages, with reported refused to follow the DILG’s directive, will be handled by the CLO-Enforcement Team and the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO).
Updates on Clearing Operation
As of Wednesday, September 25, around 14 barangays in Bacolod City (Barangays 8, 9, 10, 18, 22, 23, 24, 30, 37, Montevista, Felisa, Mandalagan, Villamote, and Vista Alegre) were able to demolish 100% of the illegal structures within their area of responsibility.
“Our downtown area is already cleared including the three big public markets. We saw its beauty and old structures, especially in the Central Public Market. It looks like we returned to the old glory of Bacolod City, which is very clean and neat,” he said.
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