Mandaue Metropolis Councilor Cynthia Cinco-Remedio. | CDN Digital file picture
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A Mandaue Metropolis Councilor has known as for an investigation into the acquisition of a city-owned lot by Lone District Rep. Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon and her husband, Opao barangay captain Nixon Dizon.
Councilor Cynthia Cinco-Remedio, the proponent of the decision, mentioned the matter ought to be seemed into by town authorities as a result of this concerned a city-owned property.
She need the investigation spearheaded by the committee on legal guidelines and ordinances of the Mandaue Metropolis Council, in coordination with a lawyer.
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If the accusation raised by broadcaster Edward Ligas is confirmed true, Cinco-Remedio mentioned that town authorities ought to take authorized actions in opposition to the couple to get better the property in query and shield its pursuits.
“Na-involve man gud ang metropolis, so akoa lang gihimoan og decision para atoang ma-forward sa chairman sa committee on legal guidelines and ordinances para macheck lang unhappy. So, ang atoa lang transparency nga makahibaw unhappy ta, makahibaw ang siyudad kung unsa to ang gi-file nga kaso,” Cinco-Remedio mentioned in an interview after the Council’s common session on Monday, September 30.
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Administration Councilors Malcolm Sanchez, Jimmy Lumapas, Marie Immaline Cortes-Zafra, Jennifer Del Mar, Jesus Arcilla, Editha Flores Cabahug, Oscar Del Castillo, Dante Borbajo and Flueritz Gayle Jumao-as acted as co-proponents of the accredited decision.
Plunder
Final September 24, Ligas requested the Workplace of the Ombudsman within the Visayas to probe the Dizon couple on allegations of plunder, graft and corruption and the falsification of paperwork.
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He alleged that the 2 took benefit of Rep. Ouano-Dizon’s employment at Metropolis Corridor to accumulate a 2, 500 sq. meter lot that was a part of the 186-hectare north reclamation undertaking carried out by a non-public developer in 1992.
Cinco-Remedio mentioned that case was additionally value trying into by town authorities to examine on the veracity of the accusations raised by Ligas.
“Pero og wala. So, high-quality, kung wala ray (reality) unsa to ang aligasyon, wala ra say kaso,” she added.
Dr. Emedio Bustillo, the media guide of Rep. Ouano-Dizon mentioned on Monday afternoon that the congresswoman is but to obtain a duplicate of the criticism filed by Ligas.
In an earlier interview, Ouano-Dizon expressed confidence that the case will likely be dismissed asserting that she and her husband haven’t completed “something improper or unlawful.”
Ouano-Dizon mentioned that she was nonetheless a non-public citizen when the lot buy was made greater than 30 years in the past.
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