Sinampahan ng kaso sa Sandiganbayan si dating Lupon, Davao Oriental Mayor Arfan Quiñones kaugnay ng umano’y ilegal na pagkamkam nito sa kagamitan na pag-aari ng gobyerno noong 2007.
Si Quiñones ay kinasuhan ng Office of the Ombudsman ng 10 counts ng malversation of public property at paglabag sa Section 3(e) ng RA 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act).
Sa kasong iniharap sa anti-graft court, natuklasan na aabot sa P446,425.77 halaga ng ari-arian ng gobyerno ang kinamkam ng dating alkalde at hindi na ibinalik sa munisipyo.
“The Office of the Ombudsman found that after the end of his term in 2007, government properties under his custody remain unaccounted for. These consist of technical and scientific equipment, laptop, IT equipment and software, office supplies, mobile phone, and projector,” saad sa reklamo laban kay Quiñones.
Atty. Chel Diokno, benepisyaryo daw ng confidential funds ni VP Sara?
Ipinaliwanag ng Ombudsman na hindi “dapat nagpabaya sa tungkulin si Quinones at ibinalik sana kaagad ang mga naturang kagamitan pagkatapos ng termino nito noong 2007.”
“Malversation is committed by a public officer who, by reason of the duties of his office, is accountable for public funds or property, shall appropriate the same or shall take or misappropriate or shall consent, through abandonment or negligence, shall permit any other person to take such public funds, or propert,” paglilinaw pa ng anti-graft agency. (Rommel P. Tabbad)
