The Sandiganbayan has acquitted a non-government organization officer who was charged with graft over the alleged misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund of the late former Maguindanao congressman Simeon Datumanong.
Published January 9, 2021, 11:28 AM
Oscar Dominguez Abundo, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Director III of Legal Services, has been cleared by the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division of his graft charge involving the reportedly anomalous purchase of lots in 2001.
Abundo was initially slapped with a violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act (RA) 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act over the payment of P24,299,458.34 for Lot 41 and Lot 43, both located in Barrio Makar, General Santos City, in favor of the heirs of Mohamad Bin Abdurasak despite a defect in the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) No. 01-04392, which referred to the Davao-Bukidnon Road instead of the General Santos-Korondal Road, the subject of the payment.