Regions
Comelec directs DILG to remove Gov. Noel Rosal

LEGAZPI CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc directed the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to enforce the writ of execution to remove Albay Gov. Noel Rosal from his post and install Vice Gov. Edcel Greco Alexandre Lagman as the new governor.

The Comelec en banc directive was issued to the DILG central office on November 28 mandating the agency to enforce its previous ruling, thus ordering Rosal to vacate his post pending his appeal for a temporary restraining order before the Supreme Court.

Supporters of embattled governor Noel Rosal carry placards condemning the Commission on Elections and accusing prominent Ako Bicol party-list lawmakers behind the ouster of the Albay governor. PHOTO BY RHAYDZ B. BARCIA