The following graft and corruption cases stated below, and involving employees from the Commission on Elections, had been put to a close and the cases decided with finality...
This Commission is headed by Chairman Jose Armando Melo (2008-)
THE BALLOT SECRECY FOLDER (BSF) CASE
Thursday, 30 July 2010---The Office of the Ombudsman ordered a six-month preventive suspension of six Comelec officials in connection with the botched BSF deal. These officials include Jose M. Tolentino Jr. (executive director), Maria Lea R. Alarkon (Bids and Awards Committee chairman) and four members Allen Francis B. Abaya, Maria Norina T. Casingal, Martin B. Niedo, and Antonio B. Santella. The case involved P690-million worth of BSF irregularly awared to OCT Paper Supply, but later recalled when the deal was disclosed as disadvantageous to the government due to overpricing.
Friday, 30 July 2010---The Commission en banc decided to implement the suspension order immediately instead of waiting for Monday (2 August).
Sources: "Ombudsman suspends 6 poll execs," Sun-Star Cebu, 30 July 2010.
THE BALLOT SECRECY FOLDER (BSF) CASE
Thursday, 30 July 2010---The Office of the Ombudsman ordered a six-month preventive suspension of six Comelec officials in connection with the botched BSF deal. These officials include Jose M. Tolentino Jr. (executive director), Maria Lea R. Alarkon (Bids and Awards Committee chairman) and four members Allen Francis B. Abaya, Maria Norina T. Casingal, Martin B. Niedo, and Antonio B. Santella. The case involved P690-million worth of BSF irregularly awared to OCT Paper Supply, but later recalled when the deal was disclosed as disadvantageous to the government due to overpricing.
Friday, 30 July 2010---The Commission en banc decided to implement the suspension order immediately instead of waiting for Monday (2 August).
Sources: "Ombudsman suspends 6 poll execs," Sun-Star Cebu, 30 July 2010.
