Former Chairman Camilo Sabio of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) appealed his two graft convictions in connection with PCGG’s two lease deals for service vehicles totaling P12 million. The P5.39 million lease deal was inked in April 2007, while the P6.73 million transaction was undated. Sabio then noted that the state-run Commission on Audit (COA) also did not have any adverse findings on the two deals. There were also no funds appropriated to the PCGG for the purchase of these same vehicles in 2007 and 2008, prompting the PCGG to resort to a lease-to-own option to acquire them. The same July 2009 certification by Bago also stated that the last time PCGG used lease-to-own option was in April 25, 2000, when two motor vehicles acquired during that time have been used by the PCGG for seven years.

Source: Manila Times July 07, 2017 09:45 UTC