Filing of graft and
corruption, bribery
cases urged versus
erring contractors
These erring
contractors have caused the loss of hundreds of millions of pesos spent for
these projects that cannot be used or remain uncompleted to today.
City Councilor Juan Kim
Elago said these erring contractors can be charged for graft and corruption, bribery and
administrative charges and be penalized for these crimes.
He said the charges against
the contractors can include some employees of the city engineers office who were
remiss in the supervision of these projects or who erred in the computation of
costs for projects that were abandoned by contractors, reportedly for lack of
funds.
Elago endorsed his
resolution on the matter and which was approved by the city council in session
last Tuesday.
Elago said the filling
of these charges have been long overdue since these contractors have been
abandoning projects through all these years for one reason or the others but
mostly for lack of funds.
There is the case of
the near 200 million peso Limaong bridge that was abandoned by the contractor
early this year. Residents there say the contractor has pulled out all their
equipment from the project site and they see no possibility of the contractor returning
to complete the project – also for lack of funds.
There are also schools building like the one in Bolong and a
barrio hall at Capisan and similar structures in other barangays worth hundreds
of millions or billions of pesos that have been abandoned by the contractor.
Earlier, City Engineer
Luis Despalo said that his office has nothing to do with the abandoned projects
because it is the city’s bid and award committee (BAC) that awarded the projects
to the contractors. (ZNS)
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