Former Quezon City mayor Herbert 'Bistek' Bautista and his administrator Aldrin Cuña were found guilty of graft by the Sandiganbayan for approving the full payment of a non-working automation system for city hall two days before their term ended. They face a jail term of 6 to 10 years.
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Bautista, also known as “Bistek” from his actor days, and Cuña have been sentence to six to 10 years imprisonment for approving the full payment of P32,107,912.50 to Geodata Solutions Inc. despite the firm’s failure to deliver a working Online Occupational Permitting and Tracking System. The Fifth Division of the anti-graft court voted 2-1 to convict the former officials. Associate Justice and Division chairperson Ma.
This was because the representative of Geodata could not provide something as basic as the web address where users should go to. “At the outset, the documentary and testimonial evidence submitted by the prosecution fully supported the fact that the Geodata applications could not qualify as complete delivery,” the decision read.
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