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The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the administrative charges filed against former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III over the alleged illegal transfer of P41-billion Department of Health funds to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management in 2020.The Ombudsman cleared Duque since the maximum penalty for an administrative charge, which is removal from public office, can no longer be applied to him as he is no longer a government official.
According to the criminal information that was filed with the Sandiganbayan, the DOH's transfer of P41 billion to PS-DBM in 2020 during the height of the pandemic was illegal and without basis. The fund was for the procurement of medical supplies for the pandemic, including detection kits, nucleic acid extraction machine, mechanical ventilator, personal protective equipment, surgical mask, cadaver bag, and various test kits.
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