TWO mayors from Cebu province have been indicted over their questionable appointment of personnel.
The Ombudsman indicted Barili Mayor Teresito Mariñas for nepotism or violation of Section 59, Chapter 8 Title 1 Book V of Executive Order No. 292, of Administrative Code of 1987.
It ordered the filing of the case against Mayor Teresito Mariñas before the Sandiganbayan when he appointed his brother, Aniceto Mariñas, as human resources management officer in 2007.
The mayor issued a July 2007 order, designating his brother to a position in the local government.
The Ombudsman invoked Administrative Code of 1987, stating that “all appointments in the national, provincial, city and municipal governments, made in favor of a relative of the appointing or recommending authority, or of the chief of the bureau or office, or of the persons exercising immediate supervision of him, are hereby prohibited.”
Meanwhile, Consolacion Mayor Teresa Alegado was charged by the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan for the unlawful appointment of Danilo Capangpangan, an engineer, as the general services officer of the municipal government in 2011.
Alegado is facing one count of violation of Article 244 of the Revised Penal Code.
In a resolution, the Ombudsman found Capangpangan’s appointment was invalidated by the Civil Service Commission for his failure to meet the educational and experience requirement for the position.
“As the appointing authority, Mayor Alegado is presumed to know the educational qualification required for the position of General Services Officer at the time she appointed Capangpangan to said position, but she however, disregarded it in flagrant violation of Article 244 of the Revised Penal Code,” it read.
