Binay’s wife pleads not guilty to irregular purchase of medical equipment during term as mayor
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 09:52:18 +0000
FORMER Makati Mayor Elenita Binay and two others pleaded not guilty to graft charges before the Sandiganbayan’s Fourth Division over the alleged anomalous procurement of medical equipment.
Former General Services Department Head Ernesto Aspillaga, who was then-member of the Committee on Awards; and Luz Yamane-Garcia who was city treasurer at the time material to the cases, also pleaded not guilty to the non-delivery of cryosurgical units with volumetric pressure pumps even after the city had paid in full.
Binay, Aspillaga, and Yamane-Garcia also pleaded not guilty to the malversation charge.
Meanwhile, four others refused to enter any plea to both charges which prompted the court to enter a not-guilty plea on their behalf.
These four others are: Mabel Asunio, then-head of the Ospital ng Makati’s Department of OB Gyn; Jaime de los Reyes, then-member of the Committee on Canvass, Makati City; Lilia Nonato, then-inspector, Medical Section, Supply and Property, GSD, Makati City; and Conrado Pamintuan, then-member of the Committee on Canvass.
In 2012, the Office of the Ombudsman filed the cases against the seven individuals whose charge sheets, which were later amended, involved the period on or about Dec. 4, 2000 to Mar. 23, 2001, “or sometime prior or subsequent thereto.” REINA TOLENTINO
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