Davao City mayor faces plunder rap

AP May 06,2016 - 11:04 AM

MANILA — Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a corruption complaint against the front-runner in the country’s presidential race, alleging he charged salaries for 11,000 nonexistent government employees.

Trillanes filed the complaint yesterday against Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte before the Ombudsman, days after he released leaked documents purportedly showing Duterte has P2.4 billion in undeclared wealth in various bank accounts. Duterte denies amassing ill-gotten wealth.

Yesterday’s complaint says ghost employee salaries in 2014 cost Davao City P708 million and that a 2015 Commission on Audit report questioned the lack of documents to prove they were working. The next step is for the Ombudsman to investigate the charge, and if it finds probable cause a charge will be filed before an anti-graft court.

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