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Ex-QC mayor Herbert Bautista faces graft raps over P57 million worth of projects

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Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/04/12/20220507-election-marcos-miting-fsj-6190.jpg"/><figcaption>Former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista. <em>Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two graft cases against former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista before the Sandiganbayan involving two government projects in 2019.</p><p>Former city administrator Aldrin Cuña was named as co-accused in both cases which were approved by Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Feb. 3, 2023.</p><p>The first case involved the release of the full payment of P32.107 million to an IT firm for the procurement of online occupation permitting and tracking system and others. </p><p>Bautista supposedly entered into a contract with the firm and approved the release of the full payment despite the absence of a specific appropriation ordinance enacted by the Sangguniang Panglungsod.</p><p>The Ombudsman also said Cuña signed the purchase request which certified that the charge to the appropriation was lawful and under his direct supervision.</p><p>ABS-CBN News has reached out to the camp of Bautista and is awaiting reply. </p><p>The second graft case involved the payment of the full amount of P25.342 million to another firm for the installation of solar power system and waterproofing works for a civic center building. </p><p>The Ombudsman said Bautista signed the disbursement voucher approving the payment of the amount even if the company failed to secure a net metering system from Meralco while Cuña issued a certificate of acceptance.</p><p>The bail bond recommended by the Ombudsman for each of the two graft cases was P90,000 for each of the accused.</p><p>The cases were received by the Sandiganbayan on March 15, 2023.</p><p>Upon raffle, the first case went to the 7th Division while the second case went to the 3rd Division.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1752812" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Ombudsman filed 2 graft cases against former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista before the Sandiganbayan involving 2 government projects in 2019.

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Ex-QC mayor Herbert Bautista faces graft raps over P57 million worth of projects

Adrian Ayalin,

ABS-CBN News

Published Apr 12, 2023 01:53 PM PHT

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