•Voters elect the municipal council,
whereas the mayor of the council
elects the chief executive.
•The mayor then appoints 2-4
councilors as members of the
executive board.
•The council may approve or
disapprove of the executive
board’s policies and plans.
•However, the council cannot
recall or dissolve the executive
board but can suggest the
provincial governor, who acts in
the name of the Minister of
Interior, to dissolve the executive
board to recall the mayor.
•Actual power is in the hands of
the provincial governor who is a
representative of the central
government.