ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Mayor Ronnie Dadivas of this city has filed criminal and administrative cases against Capiz Provincial Administrator Edwin Chinel Monares at the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas through its satellite office in Iloilo City on Thursday.
Dadivas specifically filed two cases, a criminal case for violation of the Cyber Crime Law and an administrative case for grave misconduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
The city mayor also filed a civil case for damages at the Regional Trial Court – Roxas City.
The case stemmed from an alleged malicious Facebook (FB)post of Monares relative to the city’s Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) from the Commission on Audit (COA).
“Ang ginpasaka ko nga mga kaso kay Monares nag-angut sa iya mga malisyoso kag puno sang kabutigan nga public post sa Facebook batuk sa akon kag sa Roxas City Government nga nagatuyo samadon kag higkuan ang akon integridad kag maayo nga pangalan sang gobyerno sang syudad sang Roxas,” said Dadivas through his FB page.
Monares through his FB account posted part of the copy of COA’s audit report with a caption, “The Liberal Party in Capiz is questioning the AOM of COA involving the amount of 241M for medicines and medical supplies and 17.5M that was merely listed on a different account. These politicians with the brand of LYING and DECEIVING the people of Capiz are now telling everyone that the provincial government is corrupt as evidenced by the AOM. Our concerned official has (sic) answered this already. If the Liberal Party is to believe (sic) in their LIES and DECEPTIONS, then how could the City Government under the leadership of an LP stalwart explain the 1.336 billion, not a millions subject of AOM?”
Dadivas earlier rebutted that Monares’ Facebook was “highly malicious, and intended to impute, even without proof, false accusation, and intentionally put discredit or dishonor on the very character and integrity of the city mayor as well as, on the good name of the Roxas City Government.”
He also earlier addressed the issue and emphasized that the city government instituted corrective measures on the “significant findings” stated in the COA 2020 Annual Audit Report (AAR) of Roxas City./PN
