- Braulio Yaranon
Braulio Yaranon (born 1927) is a Filipino politician who was elected to serve as mayor of
Baguio City for a three-year term beginning in 2004. Suspended from office in 2006, he was defeated for re-election in 2007.Background
Yaranon originally hailed from
Aringay, La Union . A graduate of theUniversity of the Philippines College of Law , was admitted as a lawyer to the Philippine bar in 1954, and eventually joined the judiciary as a trial court judge. After his retirement from the judiciary, he was elected as a city councilor for Baguio City.Mayor of Baguio City
Yaranon was elected to his first term as mayor of
Baguio City in 2004, defeating the incumbent,Bernardo Vergara . Yaranon's election was considered as one of the major political upsets in the 2004 elections, given several factors such as the well-entrenched political base of Vergara and Yaranon's own advanced age, among others.Yaranon successfully campaigned on a platform that stressed environmental issues, clean government, and opposition to the collection of parking fees in Baguio City streets. Nonetheless, Yaranon's term was marred by controversies. In 2005, Yaranon was cited for direct contempt by the Supreme Court for defying a writ of injunction issued by the high court in relation to the controversy on the collection of parking fees in Baguio City. [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/resolutions/3rd/2005/3Apr/160025.htm] A petition for his recall as mayor was soon initiated. It was also during Yaranon's term that a limited outbreak of
meningococcemia in Baguio City dampened tourism during the usually busy summer months.In late June 2006, Yaranon was ordered suspended for one year (until June 30, 2007) by the Office of the President, on charges of grave misconduct and abuse of authority filed by a private pay-parking company operating in Baguio City. [http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=8478] Yaranon appealed the ruling, which he insisted was not yet final. Nonetheless, Baguio City Vice-Mayor
Reinaldo Bautista took his oath of office as "acting mayor" on July 20, 2006. Yaranon refused to step aside for Bautista. [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/july/21/yehey/prov/20060721pro1.html]Despite his suspension from office, Yaranon sought re-election as mayor in the May 2007 general elections. He was defeated by Bautista.
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