Treñas leaves for Korea, Mabilog assumes as OIC mayor
City Mayor Jerry Treñas has appointed Vice Mayor Jed Mabilog as OIC mayor starting today as the later is set to attend the executive committee meeting of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in Jeju, Korea.
Mabilog will act as the caretaker of the city's affairs until October 31. The chief executive will be out of the country from October 26th to 30th. It was learned that Mabilog's authority is limited as important papers and documents that needs the signature of the mayor will have to wait until the mayor arrives.
Treñas was recently chosen as one of the new members of the executive committee that will represent ICLEI-member countries from Southeast Asia. Earlier, Treñas said the conference is an opportunity to meet other committee members who are also public officials in their respective countries.
Their presence in the conference is deemed important because of their future role to address climate change which is already considered as international concern.
Treñas said networking is "very important in governance." The trip including the accommodations is paid by Jeju province. The city did not spend anything on my trip to Korea, he said.
In the same conference, the topics to be discussed are climate change strategy, climate events as milestones, World Mayors Council on climate change, ecological footprint, sustainability reporting and ecobudget of ICLEI members and partnerships with other international organizations.