September 1, 2024
CIBAC Party-List Rep. Bro Eddie Villanueva expresses full support to the Office of Ombudsman on its filing of graft and corruption case against former high-ranking government officials linked to irregularities in the transfer and use of COVID-19 funds during the pandemic.
“We express our full support and solidarity with the Office of Ombudsman in pursuing justice on behalf of the Filipinos against those who looted public funds height of the pandemic. May the Ombudsman show no mercy against those who conspired to rob the Filipino people,” says Rep. Bro. Eddie.
“This action of the Ombudsman is a crucial step in tilting the momentum of the anti-corruption crusade of the government. There should be no sacred cow when the interest of the people is at stake,” adds the CIBAC solon.
“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of God’s throne. Our government, being just an extension of God’s seat of power, must be similarly founded on the same,” ends the CIBAC solon.
The Ombudsman filed a graft case against former Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III and former Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (DBM-PS) Executive Director Lloyd Christopher Lao on alleged irregularities in the transfer and use of P41.46-billion funds from DOH to DBM-PS at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
