QC group files complaint to congressional candidate Crisologo for alleged TUPAD fund misuse

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May 3, 2025

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A citizen’s group has filed a complaint at the Office of the Ombudsman and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against former lawmaker who is seeking to return in the first district of Quezon City after he self-confessed in a TV interview that he let his assistant distribute P114 million in funds from the Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Ating Displaced Workers (TUPAD).

In his letter to Ombudsman Samuel Martires and Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, Quezon City Against Corruption (QCAC) Chairman Janno Orate said that ex-Quezon City Rep. Vincent “Bingbong” Crisologo admitted in an interview on Bilyonaryo News Channel in October that he gave the TUPAD funds to his assistant to be given to his 20,000 constituents who were supposed to receive the funds.

“So what I did is just I gave it to my assistant, i-kwan mo na… sabi ko… i… i- distribute mo na among sa mga nangangailangan. At least, kung merong hindi makakatanggap hindi ako may kasalanan… sya! Unfortunately, vung assistant na pinagkatiwalaan ko, pinagkwartahan naman niya,” Crisologo said in the interview.

In his letter, Orate believes that Crisologo could have used the TUPAD funds for vote buying but his assistant misappropriated the funds itself.

During a weekly press briefing on Friday at Kamuning Bakery in Quezon City, QCAC counsel Atty. Jesus Falcis believes that if the funds were misused, Crisologo could be liable for plunder.

“If napagkwartahan yung ₱119 million, that constitutes plunder,” Falcis added.

Falcis further added that they only received key witnesses only this year as they feared they could be excluded for government aid.

Orate also denied that politics was involved in their complaint against Crisologo, noting that his admission was already enough for the case to prosper.

QCAC said that if Crisologo was serious in discharging his role as an elected public official and if he was innocent of any criminal participation, he should have filed criminal cases against his assistant who pocketed the money.

It said that his admission could be used as evidence as it is an admission against interest, and thus, making him liable for charges of plunder, malversation or graft and corruption.

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