MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
Moreno files motion for reconsideration Volume VII, No. 020
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By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer
AGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno, yesterday, filed a motion appealing the latest decision of the Ombudsman which dismissed him from the service. Lawyer Dale Mordeno, Moreno’s counsel, argued in his appeal that the same case that was lodged at the Office of the Ombudsman is still pending before the Commission on Audit (COA) and the Ombudsman could have committed “forum shopping” in rendering its decision. On Thursday, the Office of the Ombudsman announced Moreno’s dismissal from service and filed multiple graft charges against him and seven others in connection with the lease of heavy equipment owned by the provincial government of Misamis Oriental when Moreno was still governor. But Mordeno hinted that the Ombudsman could have violated the rule against legal forum shopping considering that the same case is pending before COA. This, after Moreno earlier appealed before the audit commission to review a special audit that was conducted at the Capitol concluding that there was absence of public bidding,
rigged/simulated procurement and incomplete documents in the lease of heavy equipment between 2011 and 2012. COA has yet to enact on the petition when the Ombudsman’s decision came out. Even then, the Ombudsman noted in its decision that “the appeals do not foreclose its (Ombudsman’s) authority to investigate (sic) because (it) is given the power to investigate on its own an illegal act or omission of a public official.” The case stemmed from Moreno’s approval for lease payment of fuel tankers, trailer trucks and vibratory road rollers. But Mordeno argued in his appeal before the Ombudsman that Moreno’s signatures in the documents in question do not necessarily mean that “he acted to conspire.” “Moreno is necessarily at the tail-end of the procurement process when he approved and signed docuSee motion, page 11
Mayor Oscar Moreno inaugurates a Material Recovery Facility in Brgy 22, CDO as part of the city's Solid Waste Management program.
Firearms, explosives, suspected shabu found in Marawi ex-mayor’s house By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
A composite team found explosives, firesrms and suspected shabu in the curse of serving the search warrant against Marawi City former mayor Fahad, alias “Pre”, Umpar Salic with residence
at Phase 1, Butong Street and at Phase 4 Golden Rod Street, both inside Xavier Estates, Balulang, Upper Carmen, here. The search was conducted on the eve of June
8, 2017 until 5:00 a.m. the following day by operatives from the army’s 4th Infantry Division, Criminal Investigation and Detention Group 10 (CIDG 10), Police Regional Office 10 (PRO 10), Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO),
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 10 (PDEA 10) along with other intelligence units. Police Superintendent Lemuel Gonda, spokesman of the PRO-10, said the search warrant was issued See house, page 11