MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Elated over the dismissal of the technical malversation case against him, this city’s Mayor Crisostomo Garbo described the Ombudsman’s resolution as “justice for the wrongfully accused.”
“Whatever their motives were, it is clear to the people of Mabalacat that the funds were used in its most forthright way. Transparency and accountability have been my consistent pillars in local governance,” Garbo said in a statement on Saturday, May 29.
For not citing the number of job order (JO) employees and their salaries in two appropriation ordinances, the Ombudsman dismissed the technical malversation complaints filed against the mayor here and four city hall …
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