Ombudsman orders filing of graft charges vs former PS-DBM, Pharmally officials

THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of three counts of graft charges against former officials of the Department of Budget Management (DBM) and Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corporation over irregularities in the purchase of P4 billion worth of RT-PCR test kits at the height of the coronavirus disease pandemic.

Also recommended to face one count of graft charges were former PS-DBM director Christine Marie Suntay, PS-DBM acting division chief Webster Laureñana, procurement management officer Jasonmer Uayan, and former Pharmally administrative assistant Krizle Grace Mago. It said that the procurement of 41,400 BGI Real Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kits, amounting to P2,877,300,000 from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, resulted in “undue injury”' to the government, totaling P4,165,300,000.

The committee also recommended to the Office of the Ombudsman that charges be filed against officials from PS-DBM and Pharmally, as well as former President Rodrigo Duterte.

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