Ombudsman indicts, sacks Pampanga mayor

grave misconduct in connection with the alleged anomalous purchase of construction materials worth P8.66 million from March 2009 to February 2010.

In a separate resolution, the Ombudsman authorized the filing of 41 counts of violation of Section 3 of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act through conspiracy against Tumang, BAC chair Marlon Maniacup, Punzalan, BAC members Lucila Agento, Bondoc and Romeo Razon, and private respondent William Colis, owner of Buyu Trading and Construction.

Graft investigators anchored their findings on a Commission on Audit report on the shortcomings in the Mexico municipal government’s purchase of base coarse and other construction materials intended for distribution to residents in various barangays. The respondents ignored established rules by approving the purchase of construction materials through an alternative “shopping” method despite clear absence of the conditions required by RA 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act, the resolution stated.

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