Makati City Mayor Jejomar “Jun-Jun” Binay Jr., was dismissed from his position of head of Makati after a seven-month investigation, the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the dismissal from government service of Makati City Mayor Jejomar “Erwin” Binay for his role in the allegedly overpriced construction of the Makati City Hall Building II.
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Aside from the dismissed Mayor of Makati, former Mayor Jun-Jun Binay, the Office of the Ombudsman also ordered removed 19 other former and current officials of the city for grave misconduct and serious dishonesty.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales also slapped Binay and his co-respondents with administrative charges, which bar them perpetually from holding public office.
According to the Ombudsman, the order of dismissal against ex-mayor Binay, was prompted by findings of anomalies in the bidding, construction and funding for the Makati carpark building project worth P2.28 billion undertaken from 2007 to 2013.
Mayor Binay was dismissed from service together with Marjorie de Veyra, Pio Kenneth Dasal, Lorenza Amores, Virginia Hernandez, Line dela Peña, Mario Badillo, Leonila Querijero, Raydes Pestaño, Nelia Barlis, Cecilio Lim III, Arnel Cadangan, Emerito Magat, Connie Consulta, Ulysses Orienza, Giovanni Condes, Manolito Uyaco, Gerardo San Gabriel, Eleno Mendoza Jr. and Rodel Nayve.
The Office of the Ombudsman noted that in a 103-page joint decision stemming from six separate complaints, the ombudsman noted flagrant anomalies in the design and construction of the building in six phases.
