
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 8) — The son of former Surigao del Norte governor Francisco Matugas rejected the plunder allegations against his father and claimed their camp has proof the use of at least ₱50 million of the province’s funds to purchase children’s story books was legitimate.
“We have documents from three national government agencies to prove that the purchase of the books was above board and followed the law,” Surigao del Norte 1st District Rep. Francisco Jose Matugas said in a social media post on Wednesday.
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Pospia, who is also the chief of staff of incumbent governor Robert Barbers, accused Matugas of plunder, technical malversation, graft, and violating the procurement act.
“To be clear: Yesterday’s allegations against Papa are absurd and obviously politically motivated,” the younger Matugas also said.
The congressman also accused Barbers’ camp of acting in “bad faith to attempt to hurt us and is dismissing the fact that our students needed those books.
















