ILAGAN CITY, Isabela
-- Former Isabela governor Grace Padaca has been fined for not filing her
statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) from 2007 to 2010.
In a
decision dated Sept. 27 and released Tuesday, the Sandiganbayan ordered Padaca
to pay P1,000 each for four counts of violation of Republic Act 6713 or the
Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees after
she pleaded guilty to the charges through her lawyer Rogelio Vinluan.
Padaca had
earlier denied the allegations, saying she was surprised upon being informed by
the human resource department of the office of the provincial administrator of
Isabela that only her SALNs for 2004 and 2006 had been filed.
A former
commissioner of the Commission on Elections, Padaca has a pending case for
graft and malversation of public funds before the Sandiganbayan.
The cases
stemmed from her alleged grant of a contract amounting to P25 million for a
hybrid rice program to a non-government organization without public bidding
when she was governor in 2006.
Graft probers
said Padaca conspired with local officials and awarded the contract to Economic
Development for Western Isabela and Northern Luzon Foundation Inc. based
solely on a memorandum of agreement approved by the provincial board.
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