Title
Creation of Liargao Municipality, Zamboanga Del Sur
Law
Executive Order No. 222
Decision Date
Dec 28, 1956
Executive Order No. 222 establishes the independent municipality of Liargao, segregating it from Aurora in Zamboanga del Sur, contingent upon the appointment of local officials and financial capability to fulfill municipal obligations.
municipality
executive order
local government

Legal basis and authority

  • Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code authorizes segregation of a barrio from an existing municipality and its constitution as an independent municipality.
  • The order directs the segregation of the barrio of Liargao from the municipality of Aurora.
  • The segregation and creation are made for inclusion in Zamboanga del Sur.
  • The territorial adjustment is mandated through the redefinition of Aurora’s boundaries.

Creation of Liargao municipality

  • The barrio of Liargao, located in the municipality of Aurora, province of Zamboanga del Sur, is segregated from Aurora.
  • The segregated barrio is constituted as an independent municipality.
  • The new municipality is known as the municipality of Liargao.
  • The order establishes that the municipality of Aurora retains the same territory minus the area comprised in the municipality of Liargao.

When the municipality begins to exist

  • The municipality of Liargao begins to exist upon the appointment and qualification of its local officials.
  • The required officials are the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
  • The order also requires certification by the Secretary of Finance.
  • The Secretary of Finance must certify that Liargao is financially capable of implementing the minimum Wage Law and providing statutory obligations and ordinary essential services of a regular municipality.
  • The certification further requires proof that, after segregation, the mother municipality of Aurora can still maintain its municipal government and meet municipal financial responsibilities, including statutory and contractual obligations and essential municipal services.

Territorial and governance effects

  • The municipality of Aurora is defined by subtracting the territory that becomes Liargao.
  • Liargao is constituted as a regular municipality whose capacity to implement the minimum Wage Law and provide statutory obligations and ordinary essential services is a precondition for its existence.
  • The continued financial and service capability of Aurora after segregation is an express condition for the creation to proceed.
  • Local governance of Liargao is set in motion through the appointment and qualification of its mayor, vice-mayor, and majority of councilors.

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