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Ombudsman suspends 8 Vintage board members

Ombudsman suspends 8 Antique board members

SUSPENDED. The Provincial Board of Vintage throughout considered one of their common periods on this undated picture. The Workplace of the Ombudsman, on Aug. 1, ordered the preventive suspension with out pay of eight members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan not exceeding six months, pending the adjudication of their administrative case. (PNA file picture by AJPetinglay)

ILOILO CITY — The Workplace of the Ombudsman suspened for six months eight members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan over their “deliberate motion” to delay the P1.07 billion supplemental finances of the province.

In a six-page order signed by Ombudsman Samuel Martirez on Aug.1, Board Members Egidio P. Elio, Rony L. Molina, Victor R. Condez, Alfie Jay O. Niquia, Plaridel E. Sanchez IV, Mayella Mae P. Ladislao, Kenneth Dave B. Gasalao, and Julius Cedar O. Tajanlangit, had been ordered suspended with out pay not exceeding six months as “there may be sturdy proof exhibiting their guilt.”

“The workplace finds enough grounds to preventively droop herein respondents contemplating that there’s sturdy proof exhibiting their guilt…” on fees of grave misconduct, oppression, grave abuse of authority, gross neglect of responsibility underneath the 2017 Revised Guidelines of Administrative Instances within the Civil Service and the Republic Act 6713 or the Norms of Conduct of Public Officers and Workers.

The Ombudsman discovered that the respondents “intentionally delayed motion” on Supplemental Price range No.1, amounting to P1.07 billion, throughout their common session on Might 20 and 27.

The respondents additionally “boycotted” their common session on June 3, thus ensuing within the adjournment for lack of quorum.

The adjournment resulted in setting apart the finances to put in a photovoltaic system in eight hospitals, the acquisition of a house photo voltaic system, and the set up of solar-powered streetlights.

“In impact, it disadvantaged the 200 barangays of the province of Vintage and about 15,000 households of house photo voltaic methods,” mentioned the order.

The suspension order takes impact instantly. (With experiences from Eljolene Tacadao – WVSU OJT / PNA)



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