Incumbent Dalaguete mayor Ronald Cesante throughout his submitting of Certificates of Candidacy for reelection on Tuesday, October 8. | Photograph from Ronnie Cesanto FB
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The incumbent mayor of Dalaguete city in Cebu, Ronald Allan Cesante, is presently dealing with a number of costs for violations which resulted within the dying of a 21-year-old development employee final June 5, 2024.
Authorities additionally filed related costs to a few different authorities workers and 5 personal people following the unintentional fall of Jerson Enseñales.
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The Nationwide Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) filed costs of alleged graft and corrupt practices, reckless imprudence leading to murder, and grave misconduct (aside from respondents who’re personal people) in opposition to:
1. Ronald Cesante – Incumbent municipal mayor of Dalaguete, Cebu
2. Expedizitas Lenares – Municipal engineer for the native authorities of Dalaguete
3. Fernando Armecin – Engineer for the native authorities of Dalaguete
4. Ernie Amarado – Engineer for the native authorities of Dalaguete
5. Juan Castillo – Junior mission engineer from Division of Public Works and Highways (DPWH 7)
6. Peter Paul Dy Jr. – President of the development agency that was employed by the LGU
7. Arthur Dy – Vice President
8. Sally Lugtu – Treasurer
9. Mary Pleasure Dela Cruz – Secretary
10. Henry Dy – Employees member
NBI-7 really useful to the Workplace of the Ombudsman of the Visayas the submitting of each legal and administrative costs in opposition to the people above on Thursday, October 10.
This resolution was made based mostly on the results of an investigation launched after a criticism was made by the sufferer’s mom, Mengred Gegremosa, and sister, Jonamie Enseñales, final July 11.
Because the breadwinner of their household dwelling in Sitio Lapa, Brgy. Mantalongon, Jerson had been working as a job order worker on the native authorities unit. He labored as a welder in varied constructions initiatives of their city.
On June 4, nonetheless, he was allegedly pulled out by a municipal engineer to work below a personal firm for the development of a lined sports activities complicated positioned in Brgy. Matoray.
A day after he began, Jerson by chance fell off the highest of the sports activities complicated and died instantaneously.
Except for suspicions of foul play, Jerson’s household raised issues that he was not given any security tools whereas working on the development web site.
Throughout NBI-7’s investigation, they found that whereas the autumn was unintentional, there was conspiracy concerned resulting in the dying of the development employee.
Lawyer Renan Oliva, director of NBI-7, mentioned that the development mission was awarded to a personal development agency.
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As a substitute of the agency’s personal assets, nonetheless, the mission was being constructed by job order workers of the LGU.
Furthermore, they have been utilizing tools, comparable to dump vans, owned by the native authorities.
As a result of the mission was supervised by municipal engineers, Particular Investigator Wenceslao Galendez mentioned that there was a presumption that it was authorised by the LGU.
Authorities noticed a violation to the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act due to the alleged use of public funds for a personal goal, mentioned Oliva.
The investigation additionally mentioned that not one of the development staff have been supplied security tools, a circumstance that ought to have been identified by the supervising DPWH-7 engineer.
In keeping with Galendez, the engineer mentioned that their solely concern was to make sure that the complicated was constructed in keeping with the {qualifications}.
“They haven’t any concern really who did the precise (project0, Mao na iyang gingon. However anyway, kung moingon siya nga nagsupervise siya, he ought to know additionally nga ang mga staff didn’t use security tools,” he mentioned.
(They haven’t any concern really on who did the precise (mission). That’s what he mentioned. However anyway, if he would say that he supervised them, he shold additionally know that the employees didn’t use security tools.)
Galendez mentioned that the engineer, who didn’t alert the corporate of the protection violations, was in all probability conscious that the assets have been from the LGU.
Oliva instructed reporters that they invited the respondents to their workplace to offer them an opportunity to air their aspect.
Nevertheless, not one of the members of the personal firm got here and the mayor solely despatched a consultant as a consequence of a battle in schedule.
Nonetheless, their investigation was full they usually gathered enough items of proof which allowed them to proceed with the submitting.
Their proof included documentary proof, such because the sufferer’s payslip, and testimonies of his fellow job order workers.
Cesante, for his half, mentioned that he was invited to the NBI-7 workplace on October 9 however he was unable to attend due to his busy schedule after submitting his Certificates of Candidacy (COC) the day earlier than.
The mayor instructed CDN Digital in a textual content message on Friday, October 11, that he could be offering an announcement on the matter after he would have the ability to learn the criticism made in opposition to him.
“Certainly we’ll search authorized recommendation as effectively to guard my identify and people of the others,” he mentioned.
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