CEBU CITY – An international boxing judge and radio personality on Tuesday, September 24, filed a string of criminal complaints, including plunder and graft, against a congresswoman and her husband in Mandaue City.
INTERNATIONAL boxing judge and radio broadcaster Edward Ligas shows voluminous documents that he used to file criminal complaints against Mandaue City Rep. Emmarie Dolores ‘Lolypop’ Ouano-Dizon and her husband, Barangay Opao, Mandaue Captain Nixon ‘Jojo Dizon, before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas on Tuesday, September 24.
Ligas accused the Dizon couple of illegally acquiring a 2,500-square meter lot that was part of the 186-hectare reclamation contract between the city government of Mandaue and a private developer. The Original Certificate of Title for 186 hectares of reclaimed lot was issued on March 1, 1993 to Mandaue City. But on January 15, 2003, Marreco became the owner of the lot that was sold to the Dizons.The transfer of title was done after the Dizon couple presented to the Register of Deeds two documents – a deed of absolute sale dated December 16, 1992 and a confirmation dated December 19, 1996 as proof that the property was already sold to them, Ligas said.
“Simply put, graft and corrupt practices include bribery, extortion, and nepotism, which are characterized by putting self-vested interests above the mandate of serving for public welfare, accompanied by secrecy and deception without regard of dire effect to the public,” Ligas said. “The respondents acted in concert and connivance with each other, in the commission of the crimes with clear criminal intent to conceal, falsify, and gain from the acts,” Ligas said.
In a statement, the congresswoman insisted that the acquisition of the property was above-board, saying she was still a private citizen when the purchase was made.
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