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The Sandiganbayan found former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista and his former city administrator Aldrin Cuña guilty of graft over a 2019 procurement of an Online Occupational Permitting and Tracking System .In a decision promulgated on Monday, January 20, the anti-graft court sentenced both Bautista and Cuña a jail time of six to 10 years each.Likewise, both are perpetually disqualified to hold public office as a result of their graft conviction.
The case alleged that Bautista and Cuña exercised partiality in awarding a contract to Geodata Solutions for an OOPTS despite the absence of a specific appropriation approved by the city council.Bautista told reporters during his May 2023 arraignment for the case that the charge “is politically motivated.
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