Section 4November 4, 1988, Sec./Art. 4

All incumbent barangay officials, whether elected, appointed or designated, shall remain in office unless sooner removed or suspended for cause and with due process by order of the city or municipal mayor concerned until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

Any barangay official who has been removed from office from January 1, 1988 to the date of the approval of this Act may, within fifteen (15) days after the effectivity of this Act, file a petition for review with the Office of the President which shall be decided within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof: provided, that upon effectivity of this Act, the power of removal or suspension for cause of barangay officials and filling up of vacancies in the various elective offices of the barangay shall be exercised by the city or municipal mayor concerned, subject to appeal to the President: provided, further, that pending appeal the order of removal or suspension shall not be executory.