Former Caloocan Mayor Rey Malonzo recordsdata graft and malversation complaints in opposition to Congressman Oscar “Oca” Malapitan earlier than the Workplace of the Ombudsman on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. INQUIRER.web / Religion Argosino
MANILA, Philippines — Former Caloocan Mayor Rey Malonzo’s transfer to file graft and malversation complaints in opposition to Consultant Oscar “Oca” Malapitan earlier than the Workplace of the Ombudsman is “politically motivated,” in accordance with town’s Public Inform Workplace chief Princess Garcia.
Earlier Tuesday, Malonzo mentioned he filed the complaints in opposition to Malapitan, the primary district consultant of Caloocan, and 6 others in relation to the latter’s alleged misuse of Precedence Growth Help Funds amounting to P8 million from 2007 to 2009.
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“We preserve that this case and different succeeding instances that he (Malonzo) will file are all politically motivated,” Garcia advised INQUIRER.web in a Viber message.
“He (Malonzo) has been a Caloocan resident for the longest time, naging ally din ang anak niya ng mga (his son additionally grew to become an ally of the) Malapitan when he was a councilor, however they had been all praises to Cong Oca then. So now that he’s working in opposition to Cong Oca, he all of the sudden considered all these instances?” she added.
Though he intends to run as one in every of Caloocan’s representatives within the 2025 elections, Malonzo mentioned his transfer to file instances in opposition to Malapitan and others shouldn’t be questioned.
“Once you file a case in opposition to a politician, they’ll say that it’s politically motivated, however what I’m saying is, no matter they are saying, they need to not query me however the findings of the Fee on Audit (COA),” he mentioned in Filipino.
In his grievance affidavit, Malonzo claimed that Malapitan and 5 former officers of the Division of Social Welfare and Growth allegedly violated Part (a), (e), and (g) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Article 172 (2) of the Revised Penal Code (malversation of public funds).
In keeping with Malonzo, P8 million was illegally transferred to KACI regardless of being unqualified for PDAF switch, citing a report from the COA.
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