THE Sandiganbayan has found former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” M. Bautista guilty of graft in connection with the anomalous procurement of online occupational permitting and tracking system (OOPTS) in 2019 amounting to P32.1 million. In a 146-page decision penned by Associate Justice Ma.
Former Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista on the campaign trail when he ran unsuccessfully for senator in 2022. Photo: Herbert “Bistek” Bautista/Facebook
In a 146-page decision penned by Associate Justice Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division imposed a penalty of imprisonment from a minimum of six years to 10 years as maximum. “No civil liability will be adjudged at this instance considering that the amount of PHP 32,107,912.50 cannot be directed to be paid by either accused, the same having been received in full by a private party which is not a party to this case,” the ruling stated.
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