By Carla P. Gomez
Inquirer Visayas
Bacolod City Mayor Monico Puentevella
BACOLOD CITY—The Ombudsman has ordered the filing of a graft case against Bacolod Mayor Monico Puentevella and two others in the Sandiganbayan for the alleged overpriced purchase of information technology (IT) packages from 2002 to 2006 that were bought using his pork barrel when he was a congressman.
The order was issued after the Ombudsman denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Puentevella, former Department of Education (DepEd) Western Visayas Director Victorino Tirol and Merryland Publishing chair Jessie Garcia.
In its eight-page decision, the Ombudsman said it found no basis to reverse its resolution dated Sept. 30, 2013, that indicted the respondents with graft charges.
“It cannot be denied therefore that respondents acted with bad faith and manifest partiality when they circumvented the law on public bidding and directly awarded to Merryland Publishing the procurement contracts for the IT packages,” the Ombudsman said.
The decision was penned by assistant special prosecutor Ana Isabel Arellano and signed by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Jan. 8.
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