Former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” M. Bautista and then city administrator Aldrin C. Cuña have been charged with two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan for alleged irregular implementation of projects amounting to P57.4 million when they were city officials.
The two cases were filed by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB).
The first case, which was assigned to the anti-graft court’s third division, involved the P25.34 million paid to Cygnet Energy and Power Asia, Inc.
The criminal charge sheet stated that Bautista and Cuña made the full payment to Cygnet for the Supply and Installation of Solar Power System and Waterproofing Works for Civic Center Building.
Cygnet, however, was allegedly not entitled to the payment for its reported failure to secure the Net Metering System from the Manila Electric Company which was a requirement of the Supply and Delivery Agreement.
The second case went to the seventh division. It involved the payment of P32.1 million to Geodata Solutions, Inc. for online occupational permitting and tracking system.
But the charge stated that there was no appropriate ordinance from the Sangguniang Panglungsod nor was there complete delivery of the products procured.
The OMB recommended bail of P90,000 for each of the two cases.
It was not known as of posting when the two divisions of the Sandiganbayan will start the court processes on the two cases.