Mandaue Metropolis Performing Vice Mayor Nerissa Quickly-Ruiz
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Performing Mandaue Metropolis Vice Mayor Nerissa Quickly-Ruiz admitted that the council’s decision calling for an investigation into Rep. Emmarie Ouano-Dizon and her husband is politically motivated.
Quickly-Ruiz additionally steered probing the sale of a 3.5-hectare authorities property in Barangay Looc, Mandaue Metropolis, bought for over P1.7 million throughout Mayor Jonas Cortes’ time period round 2015. In line with her, the lot was bought for under P50 per sq. meter, which she emphasised was extraordinarily low.
“Kini ato, dili mani politics, niguwa man ni sa COA…Kinsa might alkanse kundili ang taga Mandaue? Makakita pa kag P50 per sq. meter dinhi sa Mandaue? Labi na gyud dinhi sa Centro, sa Barangay Looc. So kana unta ila’ng ipa-imbestiga. Kung curiosity sa metropolis ilaha’ng giprotektahan, mas curiosity pa unhappy sa metropolis ug sa taga Mandaue ang ako ipa-imbestigar nila,” mentioned Quickly-Ruiz.
To recall, the Mandaue Metropolis Council had earlier handed a decision calling for an investigation into the acquisition of a city-owned lot by Ouano-Dizon and her husband, Opao barangay captain Nixon Dizon. Councilor Cynthia Cinco-Remedio, who sponsored the decision, emphasised that the town authorities ought to examine the matter because it concerned a metropolis property.
In response, Ouano-Dizon questioned why the council didn’t go a decision to analyze suspended mayor Cortes and others concerned with the disallowances flagged by the Fee on Audit (COA). She argued that the COA crimson flags ought to be investigated, as these are documented points, in contrast to the “baseless” accusations made by broadcaster Edward Ligas in opposition to her.
Ligas had accused the Ouano-Dizon couple of illegally buying a 2,500-square-meter lot, a part of the 186-hectare reclamation contract between the Mandaue Metropolis Authorities and a personal developer in 1992. The property, allegedly situated in Barangay Centro, was purportedly beneath the possession of Mandaue Metropolis.
Nevertheless, Councilor Cinco-Remedio countered that Ouano-Dizon is trying to deflect the difficulty.
In a textual content message to CDN Digital, she clarified that there was no want to analyze the COA disallowances, as it’s a part of the audit physique’s common course of to make observations. Cinco-Remedio additional famous that the audit observations have already been addressed and complied with, so no additional investigation is important. She emphasised that COA’s checks and balances guarantee correct governance.
Furthermore, she identified that there isn’t any prison implication within the COA observations, whereas the case filed by Ligas includes a metropolis property. Within the curiosity of Mandaue Metropolis, she believes it’s essential to analyze the declare to find out its validity.
“The truth that our congresswoman, who is without doubt one of the accused on this case alongside together with her husband, is deflecting the difficulty is alarming. As a public servant, she shouldn’t be afraid to confront the allegations head-on and reply transparently,” mentioned Cinco-Remedio.
“Ang ako lang ani kay gipaklaro gyud nga dili ni pagpana-ot nila. Naa man kaso gisang-at bahin ani, ato lang ipaimbestigar for one of the best curiosity of the Metropolis,” she added.
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