RECALLING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97 DISMISSING VIGOR D. MENDOZA II, BOARD MEMBER, LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUN…
No. 97 dismissing Vigor D. Mendoza as Board Member, Land Transportation
Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), for having issued a
memorandum, under his sole signature, ordering the respective heads of
the LTFRB’s Technical and Legal Division to receive applications for PUB
Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) and setting all pending cases
for hearing, notwithstanding the LTFRB’s existing moratorium policy on
the matter.
On January 4, 2000, respondent filed a motion for reconsideration.
For its part, the Department of Transportation and Communications
(DOTC), through Secretary Vicente C. Rivera, Jr., sought the recall of
the aforementioned Administrative Order on the ground that respondent
merely acted pursuant to endorsements/recommendations from the DOTC.
Furthermore, it is urged that the issuance of the subject memorandum did
not in any way lift, alter, or change the existing moratorium policy.
Based on the foregoing representations, it would appear that
respondent acted, under the premises, in good faith and without any
dishonest motive. Accordingly, the finding by the Presidential
Commission Against Graft and Corruption upon which AO No. 97 was
principally predicated is without factual basis.
WHEREFORE, and as recommended by the Department of Transportation and
Communications, Administrative Order No. 97 dated November 23, 1999, is
hereby recalled. Accordingly, VIGOR D. MENDOZA II, shall remain in his
position and shall continue in the exercise of his duties as Board
Member, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
Adopted: 21 Oct. 2000
BY THE PRESIDENT:
(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary