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397 barangay, LGU officials charged for SAP anomalies

Published Jun 16, 2020 12:00 am
By Chito Chavez The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday vowed to leave no stone unturned in the investigation and prosecution of barangay and local government officials implicated in alleged anomalies pertaining to the distribution of financial assistance under the social amelioration program (SAP). According to DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año, 397 barangay and local government officials are now facing criminal charges with 266 more under investigation. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (PCOO/ MANILA BULLETIN) DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “A total of 663 individuals have been subjected to investigation by the PNP-CIDG, 267 of these are elected barangay officials and some are local government officials. The other 396 are either government employees or civilian accomplices of those elected local officials. Of the total 663 individuals, so far, we have filed criminal cases against 397 of them,” said DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año. As this is a continuing process, Año told the public to expect more cases to be filed against corrupt barangay officials in the next few days as the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) is now conducting case build-up and investigation on the 67 complaints. He added that five more cases will be filed within the week “since the investigation has been completed’’. “Corruption is like COVID 19. It is a disease that needs to be stamped out before it infects more people. And so long as it’s there, the DILG and the PNP will not stop until we have charged each and every individual involved in anomalous SAP transactions,” said Año. Asserted that corruption is a crime against the impoverished sector, Año noted that even if the government continues its fight against COVID-19 the DILG assured “that those suspected of alleged anomalies will face the law for violating public trust and for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, Bayanihan Law, and Law on Reporting of Communicable Disease”. He said that more heads will roll as the number of these SAP-related cases is from April 1 to June 16 only. Meanwhile, DILG Spokesperson and Undersecretary Jonathan E. Malaya said “that the department is optimistic that there would be fewer complaints received with the upcoming second tranche of SAP distribution’’ with the DSWD utilizing electronic payment systems in some areas. In the first tranche of SAP-aid distribution, Malaya said that the DILG was “appalled’’ by reports from the ground noted that public officials openly and forcibly took part in the cash subsidy. He cited a case in Bacolod City where complainant Flora May M. Ramas reported to the PNP Bacolod that on April 22, 2020, Barangay Felis Chairperson Ramon Jardin and three other barangay personnel allegedly collected and took back the amount of P4,000 from the complainant after she received the amount of P6,000 SAP subsidy for no apparent legal reason. Malaya said that the PNP CIDG-Bacolod has already filed charges against them before the City Prosecutor’s Office.
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