00:00A new graft complaint was filed against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto and three other officials of the local government.
00:09According to the mayor, this is not the first time this has happened.
00:14And it's like timing when the political activities of some groups will start.
00:19Maris Umali has the story.
00:22A former employee of Pasig City Hall named Michelle Prodensio filed a second graft complaint against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto
00:34in the office of the Ombudsman, along with the three other officials of Pasig City.
00:39Soto's allegation is that he did not comply with the one-time cash allowance of P1,500
00:46to the employees of Pasig City Hall for their anniversary last month.
00:51Instead, they were given t-shirts and acknowledgment receipts in exchange for receiving the money.
00:59Soto said that he did not receive a copy of the complaint so he could not comment on it.
01:05But Anya, this is not the first time this has happened.
01:08It's like timing when the political activities of some groups will start.
01:18Last week, a former employee of Pasig City Hall named Michelle Prodensio filed a second graft complaint against Pasig City Mayor Vico Soto and the two other officials of Pasig City Hall.
01:24The complainant is a resident of Pasig City Hall named Ethel Mart Cruz.
01:30This is related to the 100 percent tax discount given to the telecommunications provider Converge in 2022.
01:38Converge said that they did not receive any tax discounts from Pasig City Hall.
01:44Soto said that this is part of Anya's dirty tactics against politics.
01:49There were also some who rallied against the plan to build a new Pasig City Hall complex.
01:54But Soto faced them to answer their questions,
01:58discovering that they are not from Pasig but from Quezon City.
02:03They are from Quezon City.
02:05Quezon City.
02:07Quezon City.
02:09They are from Quezon City.
02:11Also, many do not know why they were brought to Pasig.
02:14The incident was called dirty tactics by Soto.
02:17It was also revealed in their investigation that a political group that he did not mention in Pasig City Hall,
02:23that is targeting him, was involved.
02:25According to Mayor Soto, he will wait for a copy of the complaint against them to be answered in the right forum.
02:31In the middle of this, the mayor said that they will continue with their work.
02:36For GMA Integrated News, Maris Umali, KTOTALK, 24 Hours.
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