Monday, October 1, 2012

Bartolome charged with graft


From: philstar.com

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome and 15 other PNP officials were charged yesterday with graft before the Office of the Ombudsman over an allegedly anomalous P1.2-billion gun deal.

The complainants, Roferma Enterprises and CM Countermeasures Equipages and Security Technologies Inc., asked Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to issue a preventive suspension order against Bartolome and his co-accused.

Also charged were Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) chairman Deputy Director General Emelito Sarmiento, PNP Logistics Director and BAC vice chairman Arnulfo Perez, and BAC members Directors Felipe Rojas, Roque Ramirez and Catalino Cuy, Chief Superintendent Francisco Uyami Jr., Senior Superintendents Edwin Roque and Alexander Pumecha, Superintendents Percival Placer, Antonio Cirujales, Marlon Gnilo and Roman Merin Jr., Chief Inspector Jinky Acacio, Senior Police Officer 4 Nonelon Sabigan, and civilian employee Bernardo Sube.

The complainants said the PNP invited bidders for the supply and delivery of 59,904 units of 9mm pistols with an approved budget of P1.198 billion early this year.

They said the BAC committed grave misconduct when they required each bidder to buy bidding documents at P275,000 to recover the cost of production. They said the documents would actually cost only P1,000 to reproduce.

The BAC also required each bidder to submit 10 sample pistols, two of which will be subjected to testing during the post-qualification stage.

The submission of bids was set on June 28 but the PNP issued an authority to import only on June 22, thus preventing Roferma from importing, transporting and releasing the 10 guns from he Bureau of Customs on time.

Bartolome had earlier said that the bidding for the gun deal was transparent and credible. ###

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