By Louie U. Navarro, 9News Online
The
Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday, March 11, suspended Makati Mayor
Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" S. Binay Jr. for six months amid corruption
allegations surrounding the construction of the controversial Makati
City Hall Building II.
“[The
Ombudsman] preventively suspends Mayor Binay, Jr., et al. for six
months, pending investigation of the Makati carpark complaint,” the
Ombudsman’s official Twitter account said Wednesday morning.
The
Ombudsman earlier filed malversation, falsification, and other
corruption charges against the mayor and his father, Vice President
Jejomar Binay – along with 22 others.
The Binays are accused of padding the costs of city government projects during respective their terms as mayor of Makati.
The
suspension order, however, does not include the vice president as no
administrative raps were filed against him over the Makati carpark case.
The camps of both Binays have yet to issue a comment as of posting time.
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