FOR renting out the municipality’s heavy equipment without authority from the Sangguniang Bayan in 2012, Anda Mayor Aldrin Cerdan is now facing a graft case filed by the Office of the Ombudsman.

Graft Investigation and Prosecution Officer IV Kristine Suzanne Fineza found Cerdan violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Section 22(c) of Republic Act 7160, or the Local Government Code of 1991.

The charge sheet accused Cerdan of having allegedly rented out the backhoe, payloader and dump trucks owned by the Municipality of Anda to a private company JASA Builders for P100,000 without prior authority from the Sangguniang Bayan.

The Ombudsman said it gave unwarranted benefits, advantage and preference to JASA Builders.

The Ombudsman recommended P30,000 bail for Cerdan’s provisional liberty.

Section 3(e) of the anti-graft law prohibits public officials from causing undue injury to any party, or giving any private party any unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of their official administrative or judicial functions through manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence. (Leonardo Micua)

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