12 Executives Linked to Pork Barrel Imposed with a Lifetime Ban

A total of 12 executives previously working with three state-owned firms will be ban for life from public service according to the Office of the Ombudsman who imposed the ban to the officials who were tied to the controversial P10-billion pork barrel fund.

Conchita Carpio Morales

According to a statement issued on Thursday by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said the sacked public officials were administratively liable for the fraudulent use of P54 million in pork barrel allotments of then Benguet Rep. Samuel Dangwa from 2007 to 2009.

The Ombudsman noted that the Rep. Dangwa’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), was funneled to the bogus foundations owned by the controversial Janet Lim-Napoles.

Dismissed from the service were Dennis Cunanan, Marivic Jover, Consuelo Lilian Espiritu and Belina Concepcion of the Technology Resource Center (TRC); Gondelina Amata, Chita Jalandoni, Emmanuel Alexis Sevidal, Ofelia Ordoñez, Filipina Rodriguez and Sofia Cruz of the National Livelihood and Development Center (NLDC); and Victor Cacal and Romulo Relevo of the now shuttered National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor).

They were found guilty of grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service while Congressman Dangwa is among the lawmakers facing graft, malversation and direct bribery charges for allegedly siphoning off their pork barrel allotments to the network of dubious NGOs founded by Napoles.

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