MANILA, Philippines — The Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (Spark) has filed a perjury complaint against Human Settlements Assistant Secretary Melissa Avanceña Aradanas for allegedly making untruthful statements in her application for the Career Executive Service (CES) Board eligibility. In its complaint filed on Monday before the Office of the Ombudsman, Spark accused Aradanas of committing perjury when she said that she was of good moral character. Aradanas, the group pointed out, was fired by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017. “It is our position that the respondent committed perjury by making untruthful statements in her notarized CES WE [CES Written Examination] form on two material matters relating to her application,” Spark said in its 11-page complaint. On Dec. 13, 2017, Aradanas was among the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP) commissioners fired by Duterte.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2020 17:03 UTC