MASANTOL - Incumbent Mayor Dan Guinto yesterday said that they are studying the possibility of filing a case against  former Mayor Peter Flores involving  missing furniture and fixtures in the Mayor's Office.

Guinto added their legal consultant is now currently working with the treasurer's office and other departments in custody of the documents involving properties issued to the office of the previous local chief executive.

The new mayor noted that after the investigation should there be enough reason to support a case against Flores, he would not hesitate to file the same.

However, Guintu clarified  that he just wanted to protect and secure the properties of the municipal government as the same were also owned by the people in Masantol.

"Walang pulitika rito. Bilang tagasilbi na inilagay nila obligasyon natin na protektahan ang pag aari ng munisipyu," he told members of the media in an interview.

It can be recalled that  Guintu expressed disappointment  -- as the Mayor’s Office was stripped bare of furniture and fixtures discovered upon his assumption to office last July 1.

“Everything is gone. From tables, chairs, picture frames, pens, paper, curtains and computers. The Mayor’s Office was stripped bare of furniture and fixtures. Pati kahuli-hulihang turnilyo tinangay nila (They took everything to the last screw),” Guintu earlier stated.

Flores, in a recent report, vehemently denied the allegation  of the new mayor and claimed that  he only brought with him his personal things and documents including picture frames.