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MANILA, Philippines – Whistle-blower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada has been slapped with two counts of graft based on his decisions as president and CEO of government-run Philippine Forest Corp in 2007 and 2008.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales approved the filing of the graft charges with the Sandiganbayan on July 31. A bail of P30,000 was recommended for each count.
Lozada blew the whistle in 2008 on Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, former Commission on Elections chair Benjamin Abalos, and former Cabinet officials, accusing them of taking bribes from Chinese officials in the NBN-ZTE deal to computerize the bureaucracy.
The expose was one of the biggest scandals to hit the Arroyo administration.
His testimony at a Senate hearing triggered a full-blown investigation of the deal and the filing of charges against Abalos and former Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri.
In the first graft case against him, Lozada was accused of granting an unlawful grant of leasehold rights to the Transforma Quinta Inc in which he and his wife Ma Violeta Lozada were allegedly connected as representatives. In the second case, the Ombudsman charged Lozada with graft for awarding leasehold rights over 6.59-hectare public land to Orlando Lozasa, his brother and co-accused in this case. – Rappler.com
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