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Ombudsman dismisses 3 Polangui officials
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Ombudsman dismisses 3 Polangui officials
05 December 2012

         OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio Morales dismissed from the service three public officials of the Municipal Government of Polangui for violations in relation to the municipality’s purchase of 1,315 bottles of fertilizer for P 5,000,000.

          In a twelve-page Decision signed by Ombudsman Morales on November 19, 2012, the Office found sufficient evidence to hold Ma. Jimalyn S. Sabater, Municipal Accountant, Anna A. Robrigado, Municipal Treasurer, and Renato N. Silo, Municipal Agriculturist guilty of Grave Misconduct, Dishonesty, and Conduct Grossly Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service.

          In the ruling, the Office held that elements of corruption, clear intent to violate the law or flagrant disregard of established rule, are manifest in the respondents’ act of hastily resorting to direct contracting, specifying in the purchase request and purchase order the brand name ‘Young Magic Foliar Fertilizer’, and disregarding the required public bidding which gave the fertilizer supplier, Madarca Trading an opportunity to overcharge the government in the amount of P4,819,187.50.

          The Decision stated that the repondents’ acts clearly show intention to violate Section 3(e) and (g) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. Violation of this law constitutes Grave Misconduct.

          It also stated that the charges of Dishonesty and Conduct prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service were based on the same acts for which the respondents were already found guilty of Grave Misconduct.

          The Office found that in the discharge of their duties, the respondents have given unwarranted benefits, advantage and preference to Madarca Trading by not conducting the requisite public bidding and specifying the brand name ‘Young Magic Foliar Fertilizer’ in the purchase request.

          The Office finds as misplaced the respondents’ arguments that “direct contracting is proper and appropriate because ‘Young Magic Foliar Fertilizer’ is sold by an exclusive dealer or manufacturer” after finding that Madarca Trading is not an exclusive dealer or manufacturer of foliar fertilizer. The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority was able to canvass the prices of foliar fertilizer for the month of September 2004, which shows that the supplier of foliar liquid fertilizer is not exclusive to Madarca Trading.

          Further, the respondents also caused undue injury to the government. The prevailing price of ‘Young Magic Foliar Fertilizer’ in 2004 was only P 125.00 per liter but the Municipal Government of Polangui bought the fertilizer at P 3,800 per liter or a total over-price of P4,819,187.50.

          Aside from the penalty of dismissal from the service, they were meted the accessory penalties of forfeiture of all retirement benefits, excluding accrued leave credits, and with prejudice to reemployment in government service.

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