i got this from a friend who went to a presscon by two QC candidates who had the balls to expose the anomalies done by the Belmonte adminstration.... It seems that all the beautification projects (which are mostly useless) are just smokescreens for the "real projects" undertaken by the current city government...
TRO FILED AGAINST BELMONTE, OTHER CITY OFFICIALS
Two Quezon City candidates yesterday filed a preliminary injunction to merit a temporary restraining order (TRO)against the questionable 2010 QC local budget. Andy Rosales running for councilor in the 3rd District and Hans Palacios PMP congressional candidate 4th District filed the case against incumbent city mayor Sonny Belmonte, vice-mayor Herbert Bautista and the rest of the councilors of QC as well as city treasurer Victor Endriga.
the budget allotted for Belmonte gave him a 3 BILLION fund he can use at his discretion, while vice mayor (and Mayoralty candidate) Bistek Bautista has 125-million. Each councilor meanwhile is allotted 43-million. The total budgets for these officials amount to 42 percent of the whole budget of 9.4 billion pesos. Given this scenario, suspicions over an anomaly and irregularities on the approved budget started with the office of the mayor; the salaries and wages for regular posts is only P4,9333,332 while for other compensations, including representation allowance, transportation allowance bonuses and other personnel benefits is at P106,740,526.
The figures show an alarm for QC residents on the logic of 5-million for the salaries and wages or regular pay as up against the 106-million peso intended for other compensation and personal benefits. The approved budget is a reflection of the multitudes of employees being kept and employed by Belmonte's office.
Rosales highlights the Implementing rules and regulations of RA 7160 or local government code. -"Local budgets shall operate on the basis of an approved local development plan as stated on Articles 182 and 405, which QC does not have.
While Quezon City is continually threatened with unemployment, housing, over population, informal settlers, education and health issues; the Belmontes are still aggressive in putting their efforts to stay in power, which Rosales and Palacios are rallying behind to put an end to it.
"Another reason where the city government funds are concentrated right now is on the five Belmontes running for city local government seats," added Palacios.
Sonny Belmonte's daughter Joy is running for vice-mayor, RJ Belmonte is running for councilor in district 1, Kit Belmonte as congressman for district 2 and Vince Belmonte for district 4. Sonny Belmonte himself is running again this time for a congressional seat in the 4th district.
When asked why they are just revealing this now, the two explained that their crusade began way back during the first term of Mayor Belmonte, however, because of the mayor's apparent influence over media no news story about their revelations has ever come out.
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