Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is asking on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to file costs towards officers who’re concerned within the alleged anomalous contracting of its former third get together auditor for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO).
“Kailangang panagutin ang mga opisyal at empleyado ng PAGCOR na naging pabaya o kaya’y nakipagsabwatan sa Global ComRCI na dahilan kung bakit sa kanila napunta ang kontrata kahit na malinaw na hindi sila kwalipikado,” Gatchalian stated in a press release.
(The PAGCOR officers and staff who had been negligent or who conspired with Global ComRCI ought to be held accountable for awarding the contract to the agency although it’s clear that it isn’t certified.)
“Dapat nating habulin para masampahan ng kaso ang mga opisyal at empleyado sa gobyerno na gumagawa ng mga katiwalian para masawata ang mga ganitong gawain,” he added.
(We ought to search accountability and file costs towards the officers and staff of the federal government who’re doing such acts so we are able to take away them from our system.)
Gatchalian, who not too long ago known as for a direct ban on POGOs, made the assertion nearly a month after PAGCOR terminated its contract with Global ComRCI for alleged “unlawful acts” following a assessment of the deal.
Global ComRCI was awarded a 10-year contract by PAGCOR as early as 2017, with PAGCOR saying the service supplier went via the right bidding course of and met all of the authorized necessities beneath the Procurement Law.
It was Gatchalian who questioned PAGCOR’s contract with Global ComRCI throughout a Senate methods and means committee inquiry into POGO operations final January. The agency was alleged to have been awarded the contract primarily based on spurious financial institution certifications.
The lawmaker famous that PAGCOR didn’t test on the supposed financial institution entity via visits to its workplace or certifications with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), and simply relied on the paperwork submitted by the auditor.
The financial institution that allegedly licensed Global ComRCI additionally denied issuing such a certification, in response to Gatchalian.
In a earlier interview on Super Radyo dzBB, PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco stated Global ComRCI had submitted all bidding paperwork.
“I don’t see any irregularity in the contract because if you will go through the documents that they did submit during the time of the bidding, one thing is clear: they complied with the requirements of the [terms of reference],” stated Tengco.
After the termination of the contract, PAGCOR stated it has already endorsed the matter to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for the potential submitting of administrative, civil, and felony circumstances towards Global ComRCI.
The 2017 consultancy contract, which was posted on the state regulator’s web site, was signed by former PAGCOR chief Andrea Domingo whereas Global ComRCI was represented by a sure Jose Mari Saulo. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
