Lim Defends City Employee

Lim defends Behan

Manila Bulletin

November 5, 2010, 5:22pm

MANILA, Philippines —  Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim on Friday defended former Manila City Hall Media Bureau chief Eloisa Aniceta Behan from allegations that she was using the Mayor’s name to gain control over a posh condominium that the city government had recommended to be temporarily closed.

City Legal Officer Lawyer Renato dela Cruz said that Behan did not use the name of Mayor Lim to flex her influence among the members of the Royal Plaza Twin Towers Condominium Corp. (RPTTCC) seize the condominium from the former board of trustees, contrary to the reports that came out from different newspapers.

“We heard that majority of the residents living in Royal Plaza had voted Behan since the former trustees had been ineffective in terms of providing their needs. With that Mayor Lim, during a meeting, said that he will be standing by Behan,” he told the Manila Bulletin in a telephone interview.

Last Thursday, former RPTTCC president Julie Taneda and vice president Julita Lopez complained that Behan, who was now the current chief of the Manila City Hall – Electronic Data Processing Services, that she was allegedly using Lim’s name to scare them into giving in to her demands. (Leonard Postrado)