Iloilo Mayor Oscar Garin may be stripped off his authority over local police as the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will file “criminal and administrative charges” against him and his son, Iloilo Rep. Oscar “Richard” Garin, before the proper courts for allegedly the mauling an officer after Christmas Day.

“We will make sure that justice will be served and [we] will run after local chief executives who [will] abuse their authority,” DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said in a statement released on Thursday.

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