Palace suspends DSWD exec for refusing to pay bill in videoke joint
Suspended was Wayne Belizar, Director III and officer-in-charge of the Management Information Systems Service of the DSWD.
“We cannot tolerate this kind of irresponsibility. Every public servant must always uphold the public interest and should think of the general welfare and integrity of the organization he represents first and foremost, over and above his personal interests,” PAGC chairwoman Constancia de Guzman said.
In his decision dated
PAGC’s investigation revealed that while on field work in San Fernando, Pampanga, Belizar and some DSWD employees identified as Marlito del Rosario, Pepito Carpio and Jason Obrera, used a government vehicle – a Mitsubishi Adventure with license plate SHP-754 – to go to the Dunhill Videoke Bar for a drinking spree, where they were later involved in a commotion.
A police report on the incident revealed that Irene Macapagal, owner of Dunhill, asked for police assistance at around
Belizar reportedly bragged that he is a director of DSWD, while one of his companions allegedly kicked and destroyed properties inside the videoke bar.
In his defense, Belizar said he only agreed to go to the videoke bar as he hoped to elicit more information from an informant, whom he believed would be helpful in their four-day fact-finding assignment.
In its resolution, PAGC stated that, “Respondent, as a seasoned internal auditor and head of the fact-finding committee, should have known better that a drinking session is not the proper occasion for the conduct of an investigation, much more if the venue therein is a videoke bar.” – Paolo Romero
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