For failure to liquidate P200k allowance, Former Alcoy, Cebu mayor is charged

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NewsLine Philippines
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MANILA, Philippines— Former Alcoy Cebu Mayor Nicomedes De los Santos is facing 12 counts of violation of Article 218 (Failure to Render Accounts) of the Revised Penal Code before the Sandiganbayan.

Ombudsman investigation found out Delos Santos  received  P199, 624.00 as cash advances from November 2006 to July 2011 but he failed to submit his liquidation.

The reflected in the list of  unliquidated cash advances submitted by the Commission on Audit (COA), De los Santos received funds to cover expenses for meals, snacks, travel expenses, police operation expenses, intelligence funds, honorarium for referees in a basketball tournament, Lakbay Aral and Aliwan Festival expenses and Suroy-Suroy Sugbu expenses.

The Ombudsman also found de Guzman administratively liable for Simple Neglect of Duty and ordered suspended for one month and one day.

The resolution stated  “Based on the [COA] guidelines, respondent clearly failed to liquidate within the period required.  In fact, he admitted that he only processed his liquidation after he received this complaint.  He submitted his liquidation report to COA on April 8, 2016 and refunded three cash advances on April 7, 2016.”

The Ombudsman added that “a prior demand is not required because nowhere in the provision does it require that demand be first made before an accountable officer is held liable for a violation of the crime.”

Under the anti-graft and corrupt practices as Article 218 states that “any public officer, whether in the service or separated by resignation or any other cause, who is required by law or regulation to render account to the Insular Auditor, or to a provincial auditor and who fails to do so for a period of two months after such accounts should be rendered, shall be punished by prision correccional in its minimum period, or by a fine ranging from 200 to 6,000 pesos, or both.-Haroled V. Pontongan/Newsline.ph

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