Administrative Order No. 26




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 26, February 17, 1947 ] REMOVING RAFAEL MERIN FROM OFFICE AS MUNICIPAL MAYOR OF MAHATAO, BATANES This is an administrative case against RAFAEL MERIN, Municipal Mayor of Mahatao, Batanes. From the investigation conducted by the Provincial Board of Batanes, the Secretary of the Interior finds the respondent inefficient in the performance of his official duties, and that the people of Mahatao, Batanes, have lost their respect, trust and confidence in his administration. In view of the foregoing and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, the respondent, RAFAEL MERIN, is hereby removed from office as Municipal Mayor of Mahatao, Batanes.ᇈWᑭHIL Done at the City of Manila, this 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first. (Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO Chief of the Executive Office The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation