The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) has recommended the filing of graft and corruption charges against the controversial former chief of the PS-DBM Christopher Lloyd Lao, along with several former and current Department of Education officials.
THE Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of graft and corruption charges against the controversial former chief of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service Christopher Lloyd Lao, along with several former and current Department of Education officials, over the procurement of what state auditors called “overpriced” laptops bought in 2021.
Blue Ribbon probers said based on evidence turned up in five committee hearings, there is an apparent conspiracy between DepEd and PS-DBM officials to pad the contract. Tolentino said former DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones was not included among those recommended to be charged, saying she was apparently “used” to approve the changes in the procurement contract for the overpriced laptops, funding for which was sourced from Republic Act No. 11494, or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.
Apart from the “overpriced and outdated DepEd laptops,” Blue Ribbon probers’ key findings included “evidence of conspiracy” apart from “evident bad faith and gross inexcusable neglect” on the part of DepEd and DBM officials, creating an opportunity for separate bidders to submit overpriced bids.
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