Lawmakers from the House Committee on public accounts have warned the mayor of Mexico town in Pampanga that he may be cited in contempt should he fail to attend the next hearing on alleged irregularities involving his administration. | GabrielLaluINQ
“Now Mr. Chair, my questions will be directed to Mayor Tumang because the subject matter of the this audit report which is about two inches thick is Mayor Tumang himself, because he signed the P149 million supposedly anomalous transactions by himself,” Pimentel told committee chair and Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano.
“‘Yon na nga ang sinasabi ko Mr. Chair, we need the principal resource person, siya lang po ang makakasagot nito because there have been several hundred of vouchers signed by Mayor Tumang, at hindi po masasagot ng vice mayor ‘yan, hindi rin po masasagot ng mga councilors,” the lawmaker said. According to Pimentel, COA received a letter in 2010 from municipal officials asking the commission to do a special audit of Tumang’s transactions due to fears of irregularity.
“In the audit report, there were many anomalous transactions that were found, in fact, several vouchers were presented, several purchase requests were presented. And one of the findings is that of the P43,168,403.79, procurement contracts amounting to P28,744,662 were awarded to bidders who had either close relationship or personal dealings with the head of the procuring entity,” he added.
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