Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and three other officials before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas over Cebu City...
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and three other officials before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas over Cebu City Hall’s use of a building owned by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District .
In his complaint, Bontuyan sought the preventive suspension of Rama, Rosell, Ardosa and Hassamal pending the investigation. MCWD said its proposed rate was computed based on the standard set by the Commission on Audit Circular 88-282-A, or the Uniform Standards/Guidelines to Determine the Reasonableness of the Terms and Rental Rates of Lease Contracts for Private or Government Buildings/Spaces.
The complainant said the actions of City officials violated Section 41 of Presidential Decree 447 or the Decree of Local Fiscal Administration which states that “revenue funds shall not be paid out of any local treasury except in pursuance of lawful appropriations or other specific statutory authority.”
“No transfers or reversions of appropriations from one item to another shall be made except by the local legislative body,” a portion of Section 43 of PD 447 reads.“Not only that it violated the provision of Section 43 of PD 447, it also violated Article 220 of Act 3815, otherwise known as Revised Penal Code,” Bontuyan stated in his complaint.
Under the law, the procurement of all goods, infrastructure projects and consulting services shall be competitive and transparent and should undergo competitive bidding, unless it can be procured through the alternative method of procurement which is the lease of privately owned real property and venue, Bontuyan said.
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