The Court of Appeals’s (CA) Tenth Division has cleared former Makati City mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” S. Binay and four other city officials of administrative charges over the alleged anomalous construction of the P2.28-billion Makati City Hall Parking Building II (MCHPB).
The 159-page resolution dated May 3 and penned by Associate Justice Edwin D. Sorongon affirmed and modified the Office of the Ombudsman’s joint decisions dated Sept. 7, 2015 and Jan. 18, 2016 which found Mr. Binay and 20 others guilty of serious dishonesty and grave misconduct “for the irregularities committed in connection with the procurement of the Architectural Design and Engineering Services and Construction of (the MCHPB).” — Dane Angelo M. Enerio

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