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#499
11-07-2009, 05:44 AM
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LAMPPOST CASE MOVING
No handcuffs for these public figures. Police yesterday served arrest warrants on former Mandaue City mayor Thadeo Ouano, two city engineers and nine public works officials who are facing graft charges for the purchase of decorative lampposts used during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in 2007. All posted bail of P30,000 each for their temporary liberty. Cued by their lawyer, they showed up in court to pay bail and avoid the indignity of being chased by the police. They all have to appear for arraiignment before the Sandiganbayan on Nov. 24. This was second time that Ouano and the 12 officials were served arrest warrants by the Sandiganbayan over the lamppost case. The anti-graft court found the case weak and returned the case to the Cebu office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas to be strengthened. The Ombudsman-Visayas refiled the case in May. Six months after, the Sandiganbayan issued the arrest warrant against Ouano, Mandaue engineer Hidelisa Latonio, assistant city engineer Gregorio Omo and nine officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Associate Justice Gregory Ong of the Sandiganbayan's fourth division ordered the arrest of the 13 respondents for violating section three, paragraph g of Republic Act 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act) which prohibits any public officer from “entering on behalf of the government into any contract or transaction manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to the same, whether or not the public officer profited or will profit thereby.” Among the nine DPWH officials were Regional Director Robert Lala, and assistant directors Gloria Dindin, Marlino Alvizo, Pureza Fernandez and Cresencio Bagolor. Also included were bids and awards committee (BAC) members Luis Galang, Agustinito Hermoso, Restituto Diano and Buenaventura Pajo, and DPWH technical working group members Ayaon Mangiis and Marilyn Ojeda. The recent arrest order, however, did not surprise the respondents. Gloria Lastimosa-Dalawampu, legal counsel for Ouano and Mandaue engineers, said she and her clients were expecting the arrest warrants as the next logical step after the Ombudsman Visayas refiled a case. She said she stayed in touch with the Mandaue City Police Office to check when the arrest warrants would be served. Upon learning that Mandaue police were about to serve the arrest warrants against her clients, Dalawampu said she asked that they be made to appear before Regional Trial Court Judge Marilyn Yap of Mandaue City to post bail. “We knew about the arrest. My clients voluntarily surrendered. We were ready for the implementation of the arrest warrants which never happened because we went to court before the arrest was made,” Dalawampu told Cebu Daily News. The nine DPWH-7 officials posted bail before the Sandiganbayan last Oct. 26. Chief Insp. George Ylanan, Cebu City Police Office head of the Intelligence and Detective and Management Board, said they went to the DPWH-7 office and were shown by the respondents copy of their release orders which were sent through a fax from the DPWH Central Office in Manila to DPWH-7 office. Arrest warrants are issued by the court to acquire jurisdiction over an accused who remains at large. Lala was the first respondent to post bail. Dalawampu said her clients were disgusted by the results of the reinvestigation by the Ombudsman Visayas. “My clients feel harassed. They were charged anew for the same case. My clients had to undergo another round of humiliation,” Dalawampu said. Source: Cebu Daily News | Cebu's Only Independent Newspaper |
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#500
11-07-2009, 06:25 AM
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"We knew about the arrest. My clients voluntarily surrendered. We were ready for the implementation of the arrest warrants which never happened because we went to court before the arrest was made,” Dalawampu told Cebu Daily News...."
"...“My clients feel harassed. They were charged anew for the same case. My clients had to undergo another round of humiliation,” duuuuhhhh...madutlan pa diay na sila ug kauwaw? nyahahaha going to prison and not allowing those crocs to run for office next election is the right thing to do! Next time Sandigan Bayan should release those warrant after working hours, so that those people involved should have tasted how it feels like behind bars! ... but i guess di na mo talab nila... sa kabaga sa ilang mga panit... nyhahahaha 
Last edited by taga_ipil; 11-07-2009 at 06:57 PM.
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#506
11-07-2009, 09:20 PM
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“My clients feel harassed. They were charged anew for the same case. My clients had to undergo another round of humiliation,”
duuuuhhhh... the tax payers where the one being harassed when they over prized those lampost! |
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#507
11-08-2009, 01:53 AM
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#509
11-08-2009, 03:17 AM
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nah na preso man gani si former mayor wagas nga wa ka abot ug 300 thousand ang na pagan kani pa ka si teddy bear nga minilyon ang na kurakot.
nahala teddy bear good luck to you na lang. I will bwisit you in jail. abangan ang susnod na kabanata, coming soon (dili nerry ha)! |
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#510
11-10-2009, 10:28 AM
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