Herbert Bautista and Aldrin Cuña were found guilty of graft by the Sandiganbayan for their involvement in the P32 million Online Occupational Permitting and Tracking System (OOPTS) project in 2019. They were sentenced to six to ten years imprisonment and barred from holding public office. The court ruled that the system lacked essential functionality, particularly public online access, despite its intended purpose.
Hinatulan ng Sandiganbayan na guilty sina dating Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista at dati niyang city administrator na si Aldrin Cuña, sa kasong katiwalain kaugnay sa proyektong Online Occupational Permitting and Tracking System noong 2019 na binayaran ng P32 milyon.
"In this case, it truly defeats the purpose if, after the delivery of the hardware equipment and the software that was ready to be installed, assuming all the digital infrastructure was fixed, the online occupational permit could still not be accessed online,” dagdag nito. “For payment to be approved by accused Bautista at the same time, there was undoubtedly an unwarranted benefit, advantage, or preference given to Geodata. The real score was not to rush payment when all the environment variables required under the Terms of Reference should have been complied with,” ayon sa desisyon.
CORRUPTION CONVICTIONS Sandiganbayan QUEZON CITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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