QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 436)
It is Executive Order No. 436 (July 10, 1961), which creates the Municipality of Lawigan in the Province of Iloilo.
Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Lawigan, Sinogbohan, Cataan, Igcundao, Langwanan, San Luis, San Gregorio, Igbangcal, Mabini, Andres Bonifacio, Igcoris, Igbaje, Balabago, Amboyuan, Dacdacanan, Igcabotong, San Mateo, Talagutac, Nagquirisan, Gumawan, and Igdumingding.
At the barrio of Lawigan.
From the mouth of the Tiolas River upstream to the Quianan bridge at barrio Pitogo, then along the Iloilo-Antique inter-provincial road up to the provincial boundary at barrio Dawis.
A sketch plan/map prepared and submitted by the District Engineer of Iloilo, with scale 1:8000, showing the boundaries of San Joaquin and the proposed Municipality of Lawigan.
San Joaquin retains the same territory, minus the portions comprised in the municipality of Lawigan.
Upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors, and upon certification by the Secretary of Finance that the municipality is financially capable to implement the Minimum Wage Law and meet statutory obligations and essential services, while ensuring the mother municipality can still function.
The Secretary of Finance must certify that Lawigan is financially capable of implementing the Minimum Wage Law and other statutory obligations/essential services, and that San Joaquin can still meet its obligations and provide essential services after segregation.
To ensure that the newly created municipality has sufficient financial capacity to implement the Minimum Wage Law as part of its statutory obligations.
The EO indicates they are the obligations and essential services expected of a regular municipality, including compliance with statutory requirements and the provision of essential local services (as referenced in the EO’s certification requirement).
San Joaquin, after losing territory, must still be able to maintain its municipal government credibly, meet all statutory and contractual obligations, and provide essential municipal services.
The mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
A majority of the councilors must be appointed and qualified.
The EO sets two cumulative conditions: (1) appointment and qualification of key local officials (mayor, vice-mayor, majority of councilors), and (2) separate certification by the Secretary of Finance regarding financial capability and continued viability of the mother municipality.
It was done in the City of Manila on July 10, 1961, signed by President Carlos P. Garcia and Executive Secretary Natalio P. Castillo.