Incumbent Dalaguete mayor Ronald Cesante throughout his submitting of Certificates of Candidacy for reelection on Tuesday, October 8. | Picture from Ronnie Cesanto FB
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The incumbent mayor of Dalaguete city in Cebu, Ronald Allan Cesante, is at the moment dealing with a number of prices for violations which resulted within the loss of life of a 21-year-old building employee final June 5, 2024.
Authorities additionally filed related prices to 3 different authorities staff 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 prices of alleged graft and corrupt practices, reckless imprudence leading to murder, and grave misconduct (apart from respondents who’re personal people) towards:
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 beneficial to the Workplace of the Ombudsman of the Visayas the submitting of each prison and administrative prices towards the people above on Thursday, October 10.
This resolution was made based mostly on the results of an investigation launched after a grievance was made by the sufferer’s mom, Mengred Gegremosa, and sister, Jonamie Enseñales, final July 11.
Because the breadwinner of their household residing 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 numerous constructions tasks of their city.
On June 4, nonetheless, he was allegedly pulled out by a municipal engineer to work below a non-public firm for the development of a coated 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 gear whereas working on the building website.
Throughout NBI-7’s investigation, they found that whereas the autumn was unintentional, there was conspiracy concerned resulting in the loss of life of the development employee.
Lawyer Renan Oliva, director of NBI-7, stated that the development mission was awarded to a non-public building agency.
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As a substitute of the agency’s personal sources, nonetheless, the mission was being constructed by job order staff of the LGU.
Furthermore, they have been utilizing gear, similar to dump vehicles, owned by the native authorities.
As a result of the mission was supervised by municipal engineers, Particular Investigator Wenceslao Galendez stated that there was a presumption that it was accepted 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 non-public function, stated Oliva.
The investigation additionally stated that not one of the building staff have been supplied security gear, a circumstance that ought to have been identified by the supervising DPWH-7 engineer.
In line with Galendez, the engineer stated that their solely concern was to make sure that the complicated was constructed in keeping with the {qualifications}.
“They don’t have any concern truly 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 gear,” he stated.
(They don’t have any concern truly on who did the precise (mission). That’s what he stated. However anyway, if he would say that he supervised them, he shold additionally know that the employees didn’t use security gear.)
Galendez stated that the engineer, who didn’t alert the corporate of the protection violations, was in all probability conscious that the sources have been from the LGU.
Oliva advised reporters that they invited the respondents to their workplace to offer them an opportunity to air their facet.
Nonetheless, 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.
However, their investigation was full and so they 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 staff.
Cesante, for his half, stated 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 advised CDN Digital in a textual content message on Friday, October 11, that he can be offering an announcement on the matter after he would be capable to learn the grievance made towards him.
“Absolutely we’ll search authorized recommendation as properly to guard my title and people of the others,” he stated.
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