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PD 1576 Section 2

PD 1576 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. The President of the Philippines may, after investigation, motu proprio or upon verified complaint of a party, suspend or remove from office any provincial governor, city or municipal mayor, members of the provincial, city or municipal sanggunians, and barangay officials on any of the following grounds: disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines, dishonesty, oppression, misconduct in office, neglect of duty, corruption, being notoriously undesirable, discourtesy in the course of official duties, inefficiency and incompetence in the performance of official duties, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, serious irregularity in the performance of duties, disgraceful and immoral conduct, falsification of official document, habitual drunkenness, gambling prohibited by law, refusal to perform official duty, physical or mental incapacity or disability due to immoral or vicious habits, or conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

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CitationPD 1576 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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