Ombudsman affirms ex-BFAR exec's indictment
The Philippine Star|December 30, 2024
Former fisheries undersecretary Eduardo Gongona has failed in his bid to reverse his graft indictment over alleged irregularities in the awarding of a P2.1-billion contract for vessel monitoring system (VMS) transceivers to a British company in 2018.
By NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS

In a 13-page order, the Office of the Ombudsman denied Gongona's motions for partial reconsideration for the reversal of the graft indictments against him, former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Demosthenes Escoto and Simon Tucker of SRT Marine Systems Solutions.

The ombudsman said the motions lacked basis.

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