SAN PEDRO CITY — Another plunder case was filed against San Pedro City Mayor Art Francis Joseph Mercado and the city council before the Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday.
Former San Pedro City Hall Public Order and Safety Office employee Jason Vierneza went to the Ombudsman to file a complaint against the mayor for violation of Republic Act 7080, or the plunder law, RA 3019, or the anti-graft and corrupt practices act, as well as for gross inexcusable negligence and grave misconduct.
President of Liga ng mga Barangay Diwa Tayao, Sanggunian SK Federation president Raphael Ty, city administrator Henry Salazar and 12 other city officials were also dragged in the case.Melvin Matibag helped Vierneza in filing the plunder case.'Land banking is not the job of the local government after the leadership of Mayor Art bought another land property without a purpose.
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