Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto at 3 opisyal ng LGU, Sinampahan ng reklamong graft sa Ombudsman

4 months ago

Panibagong graft complaint ang inihain sa Ombudsman laban kay Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto at tatlong iba pang opisyal ng lokal na pamahalaan. Giit ng alkalde, hindi ito ang unang beses nangyari at tila timing daw kung kailan nagsisimula ang mga political activity ng ilang grupo.

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00:00A new graft complaint was filed against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto and three other officials of the local government.

00:09According to the mayor, this is not the first time this has happened.

00:14And it's like timing when the political activities of some groups will start.

00:19Maris Umali has the story.

00:22A former employee of Pasig City Hall named Michelle Prodensio filed a second graft complaint against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto

00:34in the office of the Ombudsman, along with the three other officials of Pasig City.

00:39Soto's allegation is that he did not comply with the one-time cash allowance of P1,500

00:46to the employees of Pasig City Hall for their anniversary last month.

00:51Instead, they were given t-shirts and acknowledgment receipts in exchange for receiving the money.

00:59Soto said that he did not receive a copy of the complaint so he could not comment on it.

01:05But Anya, this is not the first time this has happened.

01:08It's like timing when the political activities of some groups will start.

01:18Last week, a former employee of Pasig City Hall named Michelle Prodensio filed a second graft complaint against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto and the two other officials of Pasig City Hall.

01:24The complainant is a resident of Pasig City Hall named Ethel Mart Cruz.

01:30This is related to the 100 percent tax discount given to the telecommunications provider Converge in 2022.

01:38Converge said that they did not receive any tax discounts from Pasig City Hall.

01:44Soto said that this is part of Anya's dirty tactics against politics.

01:49There were also some who rallied against the plan to build a new Pasig City Hall complex.

01:54But Soto faced them to answer their questions,

01:58discovering that they are not from Pasig but from Quezon City.

02:03They are from Quezon City.

02:05Quezon City.

02:07Quezon City.

02:09They are from Quezon City.

02:11Also, many do not know why they were brought to Pasig.

02:14The incident was called dirty tactics by Soto.

02:17It was also revealed in their investigation that a political group that he did not mention in Pasig City Hall,

02:23that is targeting him, was involved.

02:25According to Mayor Soto, he will wait for a copy of the complaint against them to be answered in the right forum.

02:31In the middle of this, the mayor said that they will continue with their work.

02:36For GMA Integrated News, Maris Umali, KTOTALK, 24 Hours.

Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto at 3 opisyal ng LGU, Sinampahan ng reklamong graft sa Ombudsman | 24 Oras

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