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00:00 The Ombudsman is being sued by some former officials of the Procurement Services of the Department of Budget and Management and Farmally Pharmaceuticals.
00:08 These are the people who were involved in the purchase of medical supplies by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:13 The Graft is also being sued by the then-Budget Undersecretary Christopher Lau and two former officials of PSDBM.
00:21 Some of the Farmally officials are also being sued, including Mohit and Twinkle Dargani and Lincoln Ong.
00:27 Based on the Ombudsman's resolution, respondents are now asking for more than P4 billion contracts for RT-PCR test kits
00:37 even if there are companies that can supply them at a lower price.
00:41 According to the lawyer of some Farmally officials, they will wait for a few days in court to defend themselves.
00:47 The DBM said that they will follow the Ombudsman's recommendation.
00:51 Senator Riza Hontiveros, who is one of the investigators in the Farmally issue,
00:56 said that this will serve as a warning to those who are planning to steal and loot the country.
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