[11] During his tenure, Rosal enforced in the city an order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to the concerned local government units surrounding Mayon Volcano stopping all quarry operations following a landslide in Guinobatan during Super Typhoon Goni (Rolly) in 2020.
[17][18][19][20] The COMELEC en banc, in its unanimous resolution dated November 18, denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Rosal, upholding the disqualification, stating that they found no convincing reason for its reversal.
Despite Rosal awaiting the decision,[22][23] on November 29, the COMELEC, issuing a writ of execution, ordered him to relinquish and vacate his post as provincial governor;[24][25] it became effective upon its enforcement two days later.
[16] The Commission on Audit, through a decision dated July 31, 2024, upholding the regional office's 2023 notice of disallowance against Rosal and favoring with the COMELEC's position on illegal spending, ordered the Rosal couple and six other city government personnel to return government funds found to be illegally disbursed in 2022, amounting more than ₱60 million—including almost half that was subjected to an earlier COMELEC ruling against him.
Meanwhile, the decision, acted to a 2022 complaint against the Rosals, also ordered a one-year suspension of his wife, city mayor Geraldine, from service for a separate offense.
[29] However, his disqualification for his 2022 election spending case, along with that of his wife Carmen in the mayoralty race in Legazpi, was upheld by the Supreme Court on October 22.
[30] On October 22, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the Commission on Elections's (COMELEC) Resolution which disqualified Rosal from running in the 2025 polls.