The Sandiganbayan maintains that Leonila Montero violated the anti-graft law when she hired four losing candidates as consultants less than a year after the 2013 elections.
MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on Tuesday, February 21, found no merit in the motion for reconsideration filed by former mayor Leonila Montero of Panglao, Bohol, to reverse her conviction on four counts of graft.
Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act prohibits hiring losing candidates within a year after the elections. Aside from violating the one-year ban on hiring losing candidates, the hiring of the four consultants didn’t have the approval of the municipal council and was not covered by any service contract, the prosecutors said.
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