Pinakakasuhan ng Ombudsman ng graft sina dating health secretary Francisco Duque III at dating budget undersecretary Christopher Lao.
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00:00 The most likely to be sued by the Ombudsman is the former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and the former Budget Under Secretary Christopher Lau.
00:08 One of the complaints to the Sandigan Bayan.
00:10 Both are being held accountable for the illegal transfer of more than P41 billion for the procurement of COVID-19 supplies in March 2020.
00:19 According to the Ombudsman, the transfer of the DOH funds to the procurement services of the DBM that is led by Lau is illegal.
00:26 The procurement services of the DBM that bought the common use supplies are allowed to go there and the COVID-19 pandemic supplies that were bought from the funds from the DOH are not included.
00:37 The Ombudsman also said that the DOH could have bought the COVID-19 supplies.
00:42 In the separate decision in the administrative complaint against the two,
00:46 the Ombudsman, Duque and Lau, are guilty of grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the service.
00:55 Duque will sign the motion for reconsideration on Monday or Tuesday.
01:00 He has a mandate to buy common use supplies for the DOH, so he has already paid the funds for an accounted for.
01:08 Lau is also saying that he has no objection to this.
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