Appointment and removal of officials and employees.
Section 33
SEC. 33. Appointment and removal of officials and employees.—The President of the Philippines shall appoint, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, the judge of the city court, and in case of a temporary vacancy in such court, an acting judge therefor, the judge of the Criminal, Juvenile and Domestic Relations court, the city treasurer, the city engineer, the city fiscal and his assistants, the city chief of police, the city assessor, the city health officer and the city superintendent of schools. The mayor shall appoint all other officials and employees of the city whose appointment is not vested in the President or otherwise provided for in this Charter, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor may, for cause as provided for by Civil Service law and rules, suspend for not more than sixty days and recommend the removal of any official or employee appointed by him to the Civil Service Commission. He may investigate or cause to be investigated any official appointed by the President and recommend to him the suspension or removal of such official.