Councilor, ex-officials face graft case
July 11, 2011
TWO former officials and an incumbent councilman of a barangay in Talisay City are facing graft cases in court for allegedly forging the signatures of workers and pocketing the public funds intended for the barangay’s various projects in 2006.
The anti-graft body charged former Camp 4 barangay captain Marcial Bregondo and former barangay treasurer Elizabeth Nacua with seven counts of malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents.
Councilor Jaime Gomez was separately charged with four counts of the same offense.
The Visayas Ombudsman recommended P30,000 as bail for each accused.
Premir Nacua filed the complaint against the respondents for allegedly forging the signatures of seven workers and making it appear they received their salaries for the “solid waste project” of the barangay from Jan. 2 to 10 that year.
They allegedly made it appear the workers got their wages from Jan. 14 to 23, 2006.
The complainant also said the respondents forged the signatures of the six workers in the payroll to make it look like they received their salaries for another “clean and green project” from March 9 to 15, 2006.
Nacua said the respondents committed similar anomalous transactions for other barangay projects, including the maintenance and cleanliness of a basketball court, beautification for an upcoming fiesta, maintenance of a pathway, maintenance of a riprap and a canal, and clean and green projects on various dates in 2006.
‘Good faith’
Bregondo, in his counter-affidavit, denied the charges. Citing a report by state auditor Elsa Eguia, he said he signed the public documents “all in good faith” because the supporting documents “appeared regular and in order.”
Gomez also denied he committed any irregularity. He said he was not the signatory of the time books and payrolls, accomplishment reports, disbursement vouchers, request of allotments for obligations and summary of payrolls.
Gomez said his name was “unjustly” included as one of the respondents despite being a “stranger” to the transactions.
Elizabeth did not submit her counter-affidavit.
In the resolution, the ombudsman said there was cause to put the respondents on trial.
The respondents could be held liable for malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents of the barangay’s seven projects in 2006 that totaled P97,800, the anti-graft office said.
“By clear inference, it can be said that there was collusion or connivance of the respondents…,” the ombudsman said.
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