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Porac, Pampanga Mayor Jaime Capil and different native officers stay beneath preventive suspension, although
ANGELES, Philippines – The Home of Representatives’ quad committee on Tuesday, February 11, cleared suspended Porac, Pampanga Mayor Jaime Capil, together with the vice mayor and 4 councilors, of any wrongdoing in reference to unlawful offshore gaming operations of their city.
The certification was signed by Home quad committee chairperson and Surigao del Norte 2nd District Consultant Robert Ace Barbers after the panel’s investigation into unlawful actions involving Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), together with Fortunate South 99 in Porac.
“In as far as our exhaustive investigations carried out in help of laws relating to the POGO, being undertaken by the joint committee within the Home of Representatives particularly on unlawful POGO operations in Porac, Pampanga, extra notably on the unlawful operations of Fortunate South 99, we discovered no involvement in any respect nor any wrongdoing dedicated by Mayor Jaime V. Capil,” learn a part of the certification.
Additionally cleared have been suspended Vice Mayor Francis Laurence Tamayo and councilors Rafael Canlapan, Adrian Carreon, Essel Pleasure David, and John Nuevy Venzon.
Barbers advised Rappler, “These are our findings. However that doesn’t preclude the businesses equivalent to PNP or NBI from conducting their very own investigation. We didn’t see something. We can’t resolve and write a committee report primarily based on presumptions.”
For his half, Capil advised a information convention on Wednesday, February 12, “We’re blissful. This can be a vindication on our half. You understand what our crew went via. It’s a reduction to us. We aren’t concerned in any unlawful operations of POGO. This has a huge impact, particularly on our constituents. It will show that we didn’t do something mistaken. That is the reply to what they have been all saying.”
Capil mentioned he repeatedly attended hearings known as by the quad committee, within the Senate, and within the provincial authorities, and has by no means been cited for contempt. He mentioned he was solely absent as soon as, because of his city’s fiesta celebration.
The certification comes forward of the beginning of the election marketing campaign interval for native candidates. Capil is searching for a 3rd time period alongside his daughter, Trisha Angelie, who’s his operating mate.
Capil and the opposite native officers stay suspended, although. He mentioned he has but to fulfill together with his authorized crew to hunt the lifting of their suspension primarily based on the clearance issued by the Home quad committee.
In October 2024, the Workplace of the Ombudsman issued a preventive suspension order in opposition to the officers, together with the late councilor Regin Clarete, who handed away in Might 2023. Clarete was changed by his sister, Myla Clarete, who’s now the performing mayor whereas Capil serves his six-month suspension.
The Porac officers have been accused of gross neglect of responsibility in reference to POGO operations, with the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) alleging that they didn’t act on reviews of felony exercise at Fortunate South 99, which was raided over human trafficking allegations.
They have been additionally accused of overlooking enterprise allow irregularities, permitting licenses to run out, and ignoring warnings in regards to the operation’s legality.
In October, the Ombudsman mentioned there have been adequate grounds to carry that the proof of guilt is robust in opposition to the officers.
The inside division alleged that the officers didn’t act even after Fortunate South 99’s license from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Company (PAGCOR) expired.
The DILG additionally mentioned the officers didn’t reply to reviews of felony exercise on the institution, and a number of other validation requests and letters from the Philippine Nationwide Police detailing allegations of great unlawful detention, cybercrime, and prostitution went unaddressed. – Rappler.com
