The Sandiganbayan says the former officials of three state-controlled companies approved disbursements to non-government organizations with dubious documents and addresses
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MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan Third Division has convicted 15 former officials from three government-owned or -controlled corporations and two officers from non-government organizations on 36 criminal charges initiated by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2017 over pork barrel misuse. These charges pertain to the P62 million released from the Priority Development Assistance Fund of former Misamis Occidental Representative Marina Clarete between 2007 and 2009.
The court’s 195-page decision, penned by Associate Justice Ronald Moreno, said that the GOCC officials disregarded legal requirements and entered agreements with NGOs with dubious addresses and accepted falsified documents. “The modalities of manifest partiality, evident bad faith, and gross negligence are all present in the questioned transactions,” the Sandiganbayan said., former vice president of National Agribusiness Corp , received the heaviest sentence with eight counts each of graft and malversation, resulting in 48 to 80 years for graft and 60 to 90 years for malversation., president of Kabuhayan at Kalusugang Alay sa Masa Foundation, Inc.
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