Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and his daughter Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog. Photos from the www.ozamiz.gov.ph
Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and his daughter Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog on Monday posted bail for graft as they face trial for an anomalous gymnasium project granted to the family’s company in 2008.
The Parojinogs were accompanied by their lawyer to the anti-graft court in posting a P30,000 bail each after the court ordered their arrest.
The anti-graft court Fifth Division has found probable cause to try them for graft.
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The Parojinogs were charged with one count of graft each for a 2008 gymnasium renovation project that was awarded to Parojinog & Sons Construction Company (PSCC) owned by the mayor’s children.
The Sandiganbayan said the PSCC should have been disqualified from bidding because Mayor Parojinog disclosed his ties to the firm in his 2011 Statement of Assets and Liabilities Networth.
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The Ombudsman prosecutors charged the Parojinogs for violating Section 3(h) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits public officials from “directly or indirectly having financial or pecuniary interest in any business, contract or transaction in connection with which he intervenes or takes part in his official capacity.”
Vice Mayor Parojinog was earlier involved in the New Bilibid drug trade as the girlfriend of Herbert Colangco, a drug lord tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte as a member of the triad operating the drug trade in the country.
Duterte earlier tagged Mayor Parojinog as among the mayors involved in the drug trade. JE/rga
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