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ILOILO – A former mayor of Barotac Nuevo town was found guilty of three counts of falsification of public/official documents.
Sandiganbayan sentenced Pedro Hautea with imprisonment of six to eight years for each count.
Municipal Engineer Norman Lustria and Barangay Tinorian chairman Manuel Siaotong were handed the same sentence.
“The accused took advantage of their official functions to commit the falsification when they affixed their respective signatures in the Project Status Report as they are duty-bound to intervene in the preparation thereof as a means to double-check the reported status of each project,” a Sandiganbayan press release dated May 19 quoted the anti-graft court as saying.
From December 2000 to January 2001, the accused falsified the Project Status Report, Time Book and Payroll, and acknowledgement of the turnover and custody of project to make it appear that the construction of the Tinorian mini market has been completed, according to evidence from the Office of the Ombudsman.
But the state prosecutors found out in an investigation that the project was completed only in September 2001.
“The falseness of their statement is substantiated by their respective admissions that the construction of the mini market was delayed,” the Sandiganbayan decision stated.
Hautea, Lustria and Siaotong were perpetually disqualified from holding public office.
Each must pay a P5,000 fine for every count, too the Sandiganbayan said./PN
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