The CA granted the petition of Moreno on Wednesday (Nov. 18, 2015), which also uphold the opinion of the DILG that Moreno is still the Mayor to be recognized pending the resolution of Moreno's motion for reconsideration with the Ombudsman. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has approved the dismissal of Moreno on October 6, 2015 with Grave Misconduct for entering into a settlement agreement with Ajinomoto Philippines without prior authorization from the Sangguniang Panlungsod in violation of R.A.No. 7160 (The Local Government Code). The order of dismissal also penalized Moreno and City Treasurer Glenn Banez with perpetual disqualification to hold public office and forfeiture of all retirement benefits. Under the Ajinomoto agreement, the firm has paid only PHP 300,000 business tax out of the PHP 2.9 million business tax that the firm was supposed to pay to the city government.