Surigao del Sur LGUs push for direct intervention in the SC’s ruling on municipal waters

Surigao del Sur LGUs push for direct intervention in the SC’s ruling on municipal waters

ALBAY, Philippines — The League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Surigao del Sur Chapter,  files a resolution challenging the Supreme Court’s decision to “remove the jurisdiction of the LGUs over the municipal/city waters.” “It is the unanimous view of the League members that the LGU’s direct intervention before the Supreme Court is imperative to ensure that they be made parties to the case as Petitioners-Intervenors, and to enable them to …